How Christchurch Became New Zealand’s Most Racist City

[@honeybadger7002]

In the late 90's the skinheads beat up a drunk soldier from the local infantry battalion! Some weeks after that, the skinheads were lured to the city square one night! Where they were surrounded by a large number of off duty soldiers.... and completely and utterly dealt too!

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I used to hear about fights between the skinheads and the burnham soldiers in the square!!

[@connormcdonnell3061]

Dealt with faster than they could hear "onward".

[@loganclark9008]

The police stopped people from entering the square telling people that they couldn't enter as a army excercise was happening

[@raukawa4732]

I spent 8 months in Christchurch back in 1996. I was 22 at the time and pretty wild. I’m part Māori but it isn’t obvious so meeting the Christchurch skinheads wasn’t something that bothered me much. I got to know some of them and they were insanely violent, totally unhinged. They would often turn on each other and one would be left on the ground in a pool of blood. Auckland was my hometown, the skins never really took off there. Boot boys in the 80s was a small group of nobodies and in the 90s there was a small band of skins who looked like undernourished homeless people. Early 2000s unit 88 formed. Unit 88 didn’t last long, it was made up of middle class kids who weren’t prepared for the aggression that came their way from Maori and pacific island gangs. When these ethnic gang members turned up at unit 88s warehouse facility the young guys crumbled and disbanded.

[@Wezwolf]

Did the Headhunters come down on them too? I thought the warehouse was in Henderson somewhere.

[@zarramar3458]

😅 so essentially they actually get some pushback and people stand up to them we don't want to be gangsters no more. Typical bullying behaviour

[@eddieoi9444]

Stop talking kaka fella…Skins we’re active in AK during the 70-80s , pretending you’re an authority on something you know nothing about…

[@cameraop8210]

@@Wezwolf a similar situation happened to unit 88 in Glendene (West Auckland, suburb next to Henderson) and it did involve the head hunters shutting them down

[@Wezwolf]

@@cameraop8210 Yeah I seem to remember stories of the young 88 guys out walking, and Gang members basically pulling over and dragging them into their cars for a beating.

[@nardwalker219]

I came across a poem a few years ago called Voices of Oi. We aren't ever going to fight. Oi isn't about black vs. white. Imagine how strong we all could be, united against society.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

This is still valid today!!

[@zarramar3458]

This video really resonates with me. Perth, Western Australia, in the 80s and 90s wasn’t much different from what’s described here. I still remember being around 6 or 7 years old and having grown men yell insanely racist things at me from their cars before driving off. It was cowardly, vile, and truly the lowest of the low. Growing up racially Afro-Indian, my melanin naturally drew me to befriend Aboriginal kids because we faced similar treatment. We stood side by side, supporting each other through the discrimination we experienced. Then, in the 2000s, I saw a shift-people who got involved in gangs started emulating the West Coast gangster rap scene, trying to live out what they saw in media. Around that time, I took a different path and got into extreme metal bands like Dark Funeral, Deicide, and Cradle of Filth. I remember being in high school and having white kids who were fans of Tupac and Snoop Dogg question me, saying, “Why do you listen to that stuff? You’re Black.” It was frustrating to have my interests challenged because of stereotypes about my skin color. This video reminds me of how much these experiences shape us and the cultural layers that come with navigating racism and identity. Thank you for shedding light on this topic-these conversations are so important.

[@Suicidesquad2662]

I grew up in armadale in 80s and 90s I know exactly what you mean and I actually live in christchurch now and it so reminds me of armadale back then.

[@Suicidesquad2662]

Good Yarn Brad, something the world needs to move on from that's 💯

[@kingnateoh]

Kyle Champan is my second cousin, my Fathers cousin. Our entire family is ashamed he is related to us. FYI we're a Maori family, he is Maori 😂

[@GTTemperd]

He's a despicable manipulator,wannabe cult leader.good to hear U don't think much of him

[@philiphawes8358]

Goodness

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Haha I'm sure that self hatred helps him even more!! There's so many that had Maori whanau !

[@MikeRBB]

He's also Mormon now I believe!

[@Mr.BradRaven]

He was for a while, he married a Mormon girl and tried to be a good Mormon too.. it didnt last. (Mormon’s coincidentally are some of the most racist people Ive ever met! And I met many!)

[@v8valiant68]

back in 96, AC/DC came to CHCH, I never seen so many gangs in one place, oddly most behaved themselves, i seen a couple of fights ( a couple of drunken idiots ) police turned up in riot gear, made it worse, apart from that, wasn't to bad, the whole stadium smelt of the devils lettuce, the gangs stuck to there own areas, if there were any beef between any of these gangs, it didn't show, racist skinheads aren't the real skinheads, real skinheads like Jamaican ska, you can blame the far right British politicians for the racist skinhead and not to mention the stupid media for giving them that name, it's actually a case of mistaken identity, a racist skinhead isn't a skinhead there just simply racist.

[@murrayfnblackadder2512]

Yeah when those cops came out of the shipping containers ! And green lasers on ya in the stands freaked Me not knowing if you had a gunsight on ya. Yip staunchest of the Staunch at AC ⚡DC in 96 . Heil Caesar !

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I remember that gig. There were a few skinheads working security, alongside the Maori boys, everyone behaved and had a good time!

[@freelancerconverse4413]

Growing up in Sth Auckland 80s 90s it was quite well known ChCh was pretty racist. Yeah we had skin heads in Auckland city but wasn’t much of a problem. Gotta give it up to the brothers down south they had a real problem at hand, while the Aucklanders were fighting amongst each other 😂 In my 50s now live abroad, racism is everywhere and from many cultures, NZ will always be home.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

South Auckland in the 80s and 90s had its own challenges, but yeah, Christchurch’s reputation for racism back then really stood out. The skinhead scene down south was on another level-definitely a tougher situation compared to what was happening up in Auckland. You’re right, though-racism isn’t confined to one place or group. It’s everywhere, and it takes many forms. NZ has its flaws, like anywhere, but it’ll always hold a special place for those of us who’ve called it home. Thanks for sharing, brother.

[@freelancerconverse4413]

@ I love your channel, a Kiwi ex skin head and get into your world. I’m old bloke, I hang around with the Mana Mangu Aotearoa/ Black Power Auckland, ( Abe Wharewaka was President)) only because the drinking age was 21, we were 17 and the BP pad was the only place we could get a beer. I hang out there for a year and then they asked me if I wanted to join. I said no because I had white friendships and I got treated differently after that. Love your channel brother.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Hey brother, thanks for being here!!! So many of us grew up around that, the BP’s the Mob etc, they were always the ones looking out for the young ones, keeping us off the streets. But, good thing you turned the patch down, its not a life to be lived thats for sure!

[@nikiTricoteuse]

That was really interesting. I'm from Christchurch and used to see skinheads around but, always tried to avoid them. Their violence was absolutely unhinged and defied logic and was likely to kick off at any time, seemingly without provocation and, as you said, was often among themselves. I was overseas for a couple of decades and came back about the time skinhead squatters beat that poor landlord to death when he tried to evict them from his house. I remember how shocked everyone was and, you sort of didn’t hear much about them after that. I just figured the police had cracked down so much that they kind of gave up.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Thanks for sharing your perspective-it’s always interesting to hear from someone who was in Christchurch during that time. The violence you describe really does match what a lot of people experienced-chaotic, unpredictable, and often self-destructive. That incident with the landlord was horrifying and definitely a turning point. You’re right; after that, it seemed like the skinhead scene went underground or fractured. Whether it was due to police crackdowns or just the culture evolving, they’ve definitely become less visible. It’s fascinating how subcultures like that rise and fall over time, often leaving a lasting impact on the communities they were part of

[@TOKObee]

I lived in Christchurch for 2.5 years. The casual racism down there was shocking, even hearing children talk racist like that took me back. Luckily, I never really experienced any true racism myself and made a lot of pakeha friends down there. I think it’s an awesome place though

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Yeah, it's very normalized there. Most don't even consider themselves to be racist (they always start convos with "I'm not racist, but...") it is a beautiful place with majority good hearted people, and hopefully the racism will be a thing of the past

[@BatuPlastic]

Oi... There. I'm South Eas Asia. I visit CristChurch back in 1998, back then I was into Ska Music/ Rudeboys. I did saw skinhead at the Town Center at Christchurch , lucky or me they are SHARP Skin. They are in green Lace. Nodded their head when I walk pass them.

[@joshuanakagawa9804]

I moved to ChCh from the USA in 2005. The skinheads were visible daily. Had run ins with them often. It was like “spot the nazi.” Since the mosque shooting, they’ve all but disappeared. Christchurch is a much more diverse city than it ever has been. In my time in NZ, I’ll say that Gore is the most racist town in the country.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

That was the height of their terror, mid 2000s. Many of them left after those years, got old. After the mosque attack, most of them had already become hidden and online, where most of the active ones still linger.

[@EdwardJosephLawton]

I was in the Army at Burnham Camp in the early 70s, we never ever had problems in our day

[@TaianiwhaTamihana-x6q]

So what? Just because you didn’t encounter it, doesn’t mean it didn’t exist

[@ThomasWiparata-pg1hi]

Back then they had army villages lol

[@amomentsnotice]

Colonialism is the King Daddy of Divide & Conquer WW

[@brettcurtis5710]

Christchurch has always had a weird vibe - even as a child in Timaru, dad would come back from business in CHCH and say he was glad to be back, it was a strange place - everything from the two girls killing one's mother in the 1950s (Heavenly Creatures) to the skinheads & racists to the really weird stories that come up on the news frequently. Have some good friends there, even they agree.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Christchurch does have a unique vibe, no doubt. It’s fascinating and eerie at the same time, with so much history and strange stories. I get what you’re saying-lots of layers to that city, both good and bad.

[@johnnygerard6605]

Hi Brad. I grew up with a bunch of them Dbags too. Senseless violence. Ego BS. I held me own but dint fall into that lifestyle. Most of them are in prison or dead now. Some are sober and acting different.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

We all have our own journey, some of us are blessed to find our true path and left that life. And it's so fucking much better 😁✌️

[@Acidstorm01]

I grew up in the 90s there,, I loved penny arcade and the dog house chips and sauce, all the kids around town did and there were skins all around and never bothered us a little Maori kids. Colour means nothing, growing up there I had all kinds of mates & loved it..I loved that city in the 90s

[@Acidstorm01]

Bro, Daz Harris coached our league team and shouted fucking meanest feeds, including all our parents and we all loved them>>>

[@heathcornbeef]

Kia ora hello brother.hay in 1986 me and my two mates twins moved to Christchurch from Auckland they were Maori boys I'm part Maori.we were 16 year old punkrockers and wanted to see No Idea our favourite band at the time. It was Skinnhead Hell we lasted 5 months got the shit beaten out of us multiple times.

[@OkinInc]

Cheers for the history lesson Brad. We all make mistakes when we’re young, easily influenced and wanting to belong. Glad to hear of your life choices and for any former members of gangs that turn their lives around. NZ is so different now from the one I grew up in. Auckland is full of faces you’d never see 25 years ago and I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not. Even a melting pot can only fit so much. Bless you bro!

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Appreciate the kind words, mate. You’re so right, when we’re young, that need to belong can lead us down some rough roads, but it’s never too late to make a change. NZ has definitely changed a lot over the years, especially Auckland. It’s a whole different vibe now, and while diversity can bring so much richness, it also comes with challenges. Like you said, even a melting pot has its limits. Bless you too, brother, and thanks for the support!

[@wood_rat]

I am Māori from one of the most Māori towns in North Island called Kaitaia and lived in Christchurch from late 90's til 2004, I worked with a skinhead and we became good friends despite our obvious differences, the reason is because we actually took the time to get to know each other and took an interest in our backgrounds from a critical perspective not a confrontation way, we're still good mates til this day. Tbh I think racism is all over the country against Māori and has been that way since colonisation and the signing of the Tiriti (British killing Māori in war and theft of Māori land), our history was talked about in whispers back in my teens but now its openly discussed and I think that's a good thing. Unfortunately the damage has been done, for us to move forward we have to acknowledge our past

[@TheEnzedone]

Well at least your not living in Kaikohe! That’s bad. We had the worst meal ever after stopping over from the Hokianga about 2 months ago. Stayed at the Wayfarer Motel in Kaitaia, with the worst water pressure I’ve ever experienced in my life, but it was clean and the young girl on reception was polite. Drove down the road to get a meal but everything was closed. Stopped at this Asian eatery on the right as your heading towards Farmers. Most dried up disgusting shit I’ve ever eaten. Brought up all my life never to waste food and never have until that moment. And we Asian food everyday.

[@Pastaaa204]

​@@TheEnzedonehow is any of that relevant to their comment let alone the video at hand? I think you've gotten the KZbin comment section confused for Google reviews mate.

[@lamalama9717]

Were you on the recent hikoi?

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@TheEnzedone ahh brought upp in extreme meat industry in 1959 and since 1984 only eat India/ hare krshna vegetarian. vegan kai. When ahh was 7 miles from biggest animal abboitior in history- Whakatu my body shook violently so when found anti killing humans and vegans ahh joined them.

[@andyanderson5326]

I know many of those nice boys Russell Harris once told this smart arse at the AMP show in the nineties. Top bloke old man Harris, RIP mate. Thanks for the memories Brad 👍

[@Mr.BradRaven]

No worries Andy!!

[@SSHJWarren]

Some racists were goimg to beat my hubby but i am pale skinned came round the corner and they instantly stopped. Was weird. But glad my paleness calmed them..

[@MikeRBB]

Ive been hanging around Chch since February this year, it seems fine and the people are really lovely people.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

There are some amazing people there, it's a great city. It still has its dark side, you just have to know where to look.

[@2000Ajjet]

Memories of Christchurch in the 1990s flooding back. I was part of it and got drawn in because I chose to. I was an impressionable 17 turning 18 year old at the time. Of all places that caused it, I was at the infamous maori trade training hostle on Hansens Lane. I was considered too white to be a maori and got bullied by browner versions. (There were a couple of handfuls of "white maoris" there and it was obvious that we were going to form our own click). Made it through the year and left downright offensive comment in the farewell book. Correct about all the different groups of angry young men out there...especially after the local iwi won its massive claim. Unemployment or low paying jobs didn't help. I returned to Invercargill and joined in with Nick Wairau's group. Very rough times but the world marches on and as with age...l mellowed out. I still hold nationalist views but keep it on the low down.

[@cash45-]

I was with the Bandenkrieg in Invercargill for a year then went on to be a Road Knight member in the Invercargill chapter for 9 years. The chch chapter was shut down just after i joined the Bandenkrieg so i never meet Rusty and the boys up there but the story’s were they didnt mind getting there hands dirty you no what i mean. Some said it was the glory days haha. I had fun while i was there thats all i can say. Not about that life anymore.

[@red2775]

My family is from there and knew the road knights... Are they still around?

[@cash45-]

@ nope. The Road Knights are all finished up. The Dunedin chapter was next to go after the Christchurch chapter then Invercargill and finally the Timaru (mother) chapter. All clubhouses have been demolished. Its just history now.

[@Stephen-bq4nq]

​@@cash45-what went wrong with the RKMC I was surprised when the club folded?

[@cash45-]

@ i had left the club and was not around but i believe there was some in “in house” fighting with members from different chapters. Also the ability to get new members to join. People didnt want to go out buy a bike and prospect for a year to earn a patch. It ended up a club for senior citizens. No youth coming through to carry the flag for future generations

[@Stephen-bq4nq]

@@cash45- it happened to a lot of the original south island clubs after 2000 they started to age out. It was obvious things weren't looking good in 2008 when the mob set the invers pad on fire and wreaked two bikes and there wasn't any real comeback from the RKMC. The Invercargill chapter at its peak in the 80's and 90's didn't muck around the Damned and black power found out the hardway they wouldn't have put up with an attack like that on their club

[@bridgettwhelan5340]

I remember the early 2000s was another wild time for the Reich. Yes, I agree, a lot of racism and hate. Also, from nearly every culture.

[@foamyone101]

Haha don’t bother the boys when they’re partying at Danz. They got rolled so bad on Colombo in that clip.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Hahaha.. I forgot Danz was there!!

[@dannyillness]

Cheers for your insights I also grew up in the 90s I now work with young people and yes racism and prejudice still exist although it has changed form and maybe not as extreme as previous. I def credit hiphop eminem skate culture in particular for uniting alot of young people who are really marginalised and from low socioeconomic

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Thanks for sharing, mate. It’s awesome that you’re working with young people-such important work. Racism and prejudice have definitely evolved, and while it might not always be as overt, it’s still there in more subtle ways. Totally agree about hip-hop, Eminem, and skate culture-they’ve had such a massive impact in breaking down barriers and bringing marginalized youth together. It’s amazing how these movements create a sense of community and belonging for kids who might otherwise feel overlooked. Much respect for the work you’re doing!

[@cottonbuds6520]

wut? oh wait you talking about the late 80's-90's chch yeah it was different back then for sure, had a lot of old skinheads get out of prison during the mid to late 2000's. Gave one a crack for harassing an asian fish n chip shop owner on lincoln rd.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

It’s been a bit calmer since then, but those years were wild!

[@SteveHale-lm1lu]

Easy to intimidate when you have no opposition. The North Islands Skinhead and White Power groups knew not to poke the bear and kept low profiles when cohabiting the same towns and cities as the Pasifika and Māori gangs. Im sure the CHCH scene has changed dramatically, since more big players have arrived in last decade, taking their share of local turf. An old workmate of mine was in the Mob in CHCH in the 80s. He had some great stories.

[@aventidblechchlatechipfrap7465]

I lived up north(Whangarei)and travelled from Kaikohe to Auckland throughout my life and never did i see a single skinhead/wp gang,but that doesn't mean they don't exist i guess, but they definately don't hang out like all the other active gangs,Like the only guys with swastikas i saw growing up were maori gangs mongrel mob and stormtroopers in the north

[@Ringadingding-y3i]

Hung around Nelson, West Coast Skins in the early 90s. I was completely out of control but from a different sub-culture. Still I lived and partied with them. Dawson was a big bad Maori Joker from those days. Not a skin. Although there was a Maori skinhead, I remember. I got out by the skin of my teeth. Keep going mate. You should make a doco on the South Island Skins. I know peeps would wat h it.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I heard alot about the Nelson ans west coast skins and I would love to do more about their history.

[@dmcg1917]

The gangs stopped bickering over affiliation because their networks were too valuable for drug distribution. The violence is now driven by the need to dominate the drug market.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

They have the numbers to do something, even legally. Australian MCs at least formed the United Motorcycle Council to fight the laws there.

[@billcosby66662the2nd]

Man, your channel is invaluable insight into a certain way of life, as well as the factors that lead to indoctrination, and the damage that results from it. Keep telling your story uninhibited.

[@joblogs7124]

Agreed ✔️

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I appreciate that! I will keep sharing, to help others to understand that way of life and how to get out.

[@vladimirmanza5839]

Yeah, when I lived on Harris Crescent in 2020 my neighbour told me the street was literally named after them as they used to live on the street we were on. Interesting piece of local history

[@foamyone101]

They won lotto, right?

[@Mr.BradRaven]

They used the proceeds to buy a house in Fendalton, the neighbours all rallied together and brought them out. They made a nice profit from the sale!

[@jonathanwright5550]

Doubtful the Harris brothers were well known doll buldgers

[@horiboss2932]

Harris cresent in Papanui? I don't think so

[@vladimirmanza5839]

@@horiboss2932 You'll have to ask him 😂

[@RK-P-zh3nn]

Man it was because everyone was poor haha. White middleclass were struggling and if you don’t protect the children the result is skinheadism - they were up in the north island too - Hamilton, Tauranga and other places. They were probably more hardcore up here to survive around the other groups. It used to be Metallers Vs the Homies for fights haha. Big teen age brawls in town.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Yeah it was a shit show of a time back then for everyone. I remember the days of rhe square with my metalheqd mates, and the skinheads punks punching on with the homies.. good old Friday nights 😅

[@semiquavertriplitz]

Lived down the road from some in Richmond, they had a big scrap amongst themselves and one of them ended up stabbed and unconscious in their driveway. They were evil bastards and could snap at any moment.

[@MaoriMan76]

I lived down there at the height of the Roadknights MC vs Black Power, Highway 61s and the Mob... I plyed league for a time with Rusty Harris at u17 Addington Magpies Rugby League team back in 92-93?. Tough white boy aint gonna lie and good league player... 😊

[@dadaiay6132]

R.I.L MATIU KUITI Murdered in chch back in the 90's from a group of wannabe skinheads

[@Mr.BradRaven]

R.I.L Matiu and thank you for sharing, I wasn't even aware of his story. I googled it, and I'm glad I did, so thank you.

[@lxopenfirexl7007]

Damn that image of the skinheads iconic, Staunch was a great read

[@WHOHATESTOWORK]

we had few skinheads in napier growing up in the 90s, they werent hearty as but they were all good, they kept to themselves,i lived next to one in taradale

[@patchgame6794]

Great Video Man, you covered it really well. Harris Gang bombing cop station in 90s, crazy stuff.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Thanks man! Im doing a second video next week talking about the bombing snd other incidents that I didn’t have time to mention in this video. That Includes one of the most violent incidents I’ve ever witnessed.

[@skylark17]

what police station was that kaiapoi?

[@patchgame6794]

@@skylark17 Beckenham/Sydenham area if I remember correctly

[@Mike-s3j9h]

@@skylark17 Kaiapoi was Terry Brown territory. Ive not in my 38 years on earth, heard of anything major ever happening between the Harris gang and Terry brown. Back in those days, Kaiapoi probably felt like a drive to kaikoura from chch.

[@dannyfrisken2393]

@@patchgame6794 also halswell rd community police station,

[@davidwichman5011]

Imagine been married to a European living in the South Island then going to bbq couple beers later all the casual Māori jokes come out I’ve had to teach my children not too take shit from your own family members my children be proud of both worlds

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Ugh that was just so common there. My family always did that, even with Maori friends or families around. Normalized racism was such a thing for so long.

[@DRE-HRUYAN]

My oldman told me of stories about the skin heads and punks in auckland they wore reggies and doc martins alot of the maori/islanders copied their style 😂 apparently the skins were tough as and fought back, and one of my dads good mates got stabbed in the arm by a skin head, some crazy stories how my oldman would be walking and skins would drive past saying the n word etc and if they outnumbered you they would stop there car and chase you 😂 but the islanders and maoris started fighting back and alot of the auckland skinheads moved to the south island

[@mauituheitia7498]

Look I know all of them and I'll tell you this when it came to jail eventually we all became friends, the Sutton brothers, Trevor Clarke, Ivan, Flash (Jason Lilly) Dale brothers oh and Mudd (Tony Brookings) etc it's over.

[@ricky-leethompson6786]

To many gangs & motorcycle clubs now bruv skins wouldn't stand a chance today

[@DefKiller90]

Agree skinheads wouldn't last today bet these skinheads are not racist anymore 😂 time has change

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Yeah and the latest crowd of nutzi skinheads are just pale skinny delusional white kids who wouldn't stand a chance fighting an Asian granny yet alone any bikers or gangsters.

[@aventidblechchlatechipfrap7465]

@ricky-leethompson6786 the reason all the white gangs are dead isnt accredited towards the new clubs and gangs today , but to the pacific islanders (non affiliates) and two of nz's traditional gangs namely; mongrel mob and black power. your statement isnt entirely false though, they wouldnt stand a chance today for sure but their number ran out back in the 90s by the older guys and old nz gangs

[@DeanPayne-ex6jj]

Very educational brother thanks for sharing, trad skinhead hear in the UK 🇬🇧 no politics no bullshit just a love for music and hanging out with ya like minded mates OiOi brother KTF 😎🎼🏁👊

[@Mr.BradRaven]

OiOi brother!!

[@theheartofthematter]

Where abouts in Asia do you live mate? I'm in Birdlings Flat, near Chch.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

In Cambodia currently! I love birdlings flat, there's a few of the old crowd living out that way!

[@hohepatautau9303]

There's a video probably from the 90s a fight between a group of skin heads and islanders that happened in chch city center

[@Mr.BradRaven]

There's part of that video at 4:17

[@danframpton8472]

They ran into the founders of the current NHC

[@Mr.BradRaven]

NHC?

[@darkies09]

Neighborhood crips I think they are referring too? From out Aranui ways I believe

[@pauljenkins5735]

It is not just the skinheads but it used to be the older people as well during the 70s - 80s.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Racism was a normal part of life back then. The older generation were just as bad.

[@troopznz1029]

I remember working at Columbo st KFC in the 90s we had to close the doors to the public because of nazi march in the city and the street kids big rumble went down..still love this city and will always be home.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Those Rumbles were infamous!

[@DanielleA2023]

It has a decades long history of ☠️ women....

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Which I am going to be talking about this week, the victims of those horrible crimes.

[@TaianiwhaTamihana-x6q]

I am white-passing and my cousins of colour had to run between bars and clubs so they didn’t get attacked by skinheads and they would have attacked me to for being with my cousins.

[@gdog4323]

I remember that guy with the shotgun walking through town and ending up in the square. Had a big bag of aomething he kept sniffing as I recall. I think he wounded a couple of others. It was a total tragedy.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

It was indeed. I was in town when it happened and the taxi driver who witnessed it came into work. No one else was injured, thankfully it was 6am so the square was deserted except for the council worker

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

I don't understand racism. Why hate someone with a different skin colour? We all bleed red.

[@Wezwolf]

Sometimes different skin colour is an indication that you are from a different culture. Which means you may be inclined to behave a certain way or have certain beliefs or values which clash with another persons. So it is not necessarily hating someone simply because of the colour of their skin. Now whether or not you accept the negative aspects of a different culture, or reject them, is another issue. For most people this prejudice manifests itself in the form of simply thinking "I don't think I'll bother trying to be friends with that person, because I doubt we'd have much in common" - While other people, who are more criminally minded in general, may resort to lashing out against the person - Verbally or physically. The problem is more about the personality of the person who is holding the racist view.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@Wezwolf Hard disagree. Racism is being predudiced against race which is skin colour.

[@Wezwolf]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 So you think that the prejudice I just described, is not something you would call racism?

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@Wezwolf Not specifically

[@Wezwolf]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Race is not specifically skin color.

[@Bonsqueesquee]

I heard there was a lot of racism but the last 6 years living in Chch, I haven't seen much racism around. I did see a confederate flag in someone's Holden at first, some comments about Middle Eastern people just before 2020 but hardly think much of it as it was rare. It's a bit like Dorkland now. There isn't much far right at all. HOWEVER there seems to be a lot of far left Marxism, especially in the city.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Its gone quite the last few years, specially after the mosque shootings, the far right came under heavy investigation and being seen in the public isnt the safest idea. And there is alot more tolerance after the shooting. But, there are the racists still there, just not active and alot of the low key racism I saw was from older generations, usually on FB.. the stomping ground for old racists.

[@mooselee902]

Is the West Coast of NZ very racist? thinking about moving there, Im Maori.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

It has some old school racism lingering around, but overall, it's really not. There was in the 90s, the skinheads were huge there. Nowadays it's pretty chilled and alot more multicultural. I would live there, Westport is beautiful!!

[@RaeHemara-o3t]

Brought back memories

[@oliveira9137]

Maori were in these groups of Skin heads back then as well, late 80s n 90s. Which was funny. 🤣 Yep Samoans take no shit from no groups, everybody knows what Samoans are like not just in NZ but around the world. You want problems you gonna get just that. 🎉💯🔥 Christchurch Sad how it’s still their 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Mike-s3j9h]

Haha the "Harris"-ment has def lowered over the past 20 years. Boot rides out to McCleans is a cleaner affair now! But they still all walking n doing work, so I wouldnt want an old school Harris boot ride, even in 2024. They all seem to be chill old buggers now. Just doing their own thing. Running the amusement park rides. Just dont bring the anger back.The lads now have that old man strength, and many kids n grandkids, that happily couldve kept it all going for a decade or 2 more.

[@petercrozier4917]

Can you tell us more about the fight between the skins and islanders like the build up to it how it kicked off who won and the aftermath thanks

[@Mr.BradRaven]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKKVpoysr8ubldksi=cTTFRpjfJtJpKKDX that's the full video

[@joblogs7124]

As always, keep up the great work Brad!...

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Thanks, will do!

[@DefKiller90]

American history x movie influence lot of white kids in the 90s eveyone wanted to be skinheads in south island

[@Mr.BradRaven]

So did Romper Stomper! The movie theatre was a sea of bald heads and BO back when that came out!

[@Slowghost03]

Love the backdrop

[@theunsheep]

Is it true Heroin was huge down there in the ‘80s and ‘90s?

[@Mr.BradRaven]

No, not heroin. Homebake, synthetic opioids were. It wasn't huge, but a few of the skinheads were into it.

[@mikimoto99]

Hi Brad. Can I ask why you chose Cambodia over Thailand? Is it cheaper? Easier for visas? Cheers, fom NZ👍🏻

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Yes, it is cheaper and easier to live here. I also just prefer the laid back lifestyle here, the people are super friendly too. And yes, visas are very easy, specially for long term stays!

[@AJWRAJWR]

Thailand is a lot more developed. Cambodia feels like the Wild West of Asia.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Thats part of the reason i chose it, Thailand is too westernized and expensive. Cambodia isn't the wild west so much any more. It's a chill place for gangsters to chill out, so long as they behave

[@cyclops42]

Further north you the more racist it is not so much in the south island I lived in chch most of my life

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I wouldn't know, I didn't live up north, just Christchurch. I know that the South is known more for racism. Even googling NZs racist city brings up a few articles about Christchurch.

[@cyclops42]

@Mr.BradRaven I've never came across racism, we used to have skin heads or boot boys in chch back in the 70 s and 80s but most of the time they got their ass kicked but as soon as I'm around Auckland, Waikato there's so much racism and hate

[@Mr.BradRaven]

That's surprising, considering the number of violent racist attacks and murders that happened between the mid-80s up the mid 2000s, all perpetrated by skinheads. It was definitely there, whether you were aware or exposed to it yourself or not doesn't mean it wasn't there. I saw and experienced alot of racism in Christchurch as have countless others. Wayne Motz, Hemi Hutley, Matiu Kuiti, Jae Hyeon Kim are just a few who experienced it and are no longer alive because of it.

[@TalkaboutTorque-nu6km]

Star and Garter, The Hillsborough Tavern The Gladstone The Zealander. Bands like E.C.F, The Gordons, Sneaky Feelings, The Caledonian hall Riot. There was The Forth Reich National Front United Skins Boot Boys Punk Rockers. Those fights on colombo st with the young skins and the islanders was a way to show they were loyal and a privilege to get your head kicked in. lol When we were young we started at the Metro every friday night going to see the Sex Pistols Rock N Roll Swindle then into the Square the girls would go to the rocky horror picture show meet in the square and if you missed the bus and got caught in the square you had to make sure you had protection. We got caught one night 5 of us and man there was like heaps of people the days people carried cut throat razors and hammers tomahawks and batons. Man hard times but good times spend your pay on alcohol and drugs and go to the Hare Krishnas for tea on sunday. Oi Fucken Oi.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I remember those times. It was wild and town was a crazy but fun place. And then there was the violence, and I saw the results ot a claw hammer attack one night st the hands of one of the fourth Reich.

[@catinthehat1486]

Must be the influence of Christchurch private school clicks!

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Most likely, one of the skinheads I hung out with in my early years actually went to Christchurch Boys High.

[@simeongower7089]

That was a good video. Thank you

[@ianprater5030]

wow! this surprises me, not that I've been to New Zealand but I have met a few over here in the UK. They always gave me the impression that the Maori loved a fight and could hold their own. I never knew of this .

[@irishnz_9558]

Google the mongrel mob! New Zealands biggest gang!

[@cameraop8210]

maori can, so can pasifika people.... thats why there isnt many skin heads anymore in New Zealand, they all got beaten.... there is/was a few places (usually small towns on the south island) where there isnt large amounts of maori/pasifika people and a few skin heads can exist openly..... but if u were an open skin head in south auckland for example u wouldnt make it to the corner shop and back without something happening to u

[@Bonsqueesquee]

They still do.

[@Pastaaa204]

I mean Maori can put up a good fight but idk it's abit hard to hold your own in a gang bashing my guy😭🤣

[@ianprater5030]

@@Pastaaa204 i never thought this of new Zealand, I always felt that Australia was a bit racist and "some" of those that I have met are and don't hide it either but new Zealand always came across as being the opposite and had a better relationship with the maori . but how nieve am I ?

[@GTTemperd]

Unit 88 was around in the 90s , Stormtroopers too.

[@trenthogben4338]

Strom troopers where not a skinhead or white club at all

[@GTTemperd]

@trenthogben4338 weren't they?? Fair enough ,I met a couple of guys back then called themselves stormtroopers but never knew anything about the club so just figured they were the same,cheers

[@trenthogben4338]

@GTTemperd yeah I know a couple of ex white boys who have trooper on there arm but the Stormtroopers where dominant Maori gang

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Some of them referred to themselves as Stormtroopers (Sturmabeitlung the S.A. of the original Nazi Party were called Stormtroopers) but there is an MC in NZ called Stormtroopers MC that is predominantly Maori.

[@JJaguar333]

I went to The Exploited gig back in 2021 in chch and about half a dozen Nazis turned up. Back as a leftist student in 2012-2013 we counter protested Right Wing Resistance and the National Front’s rally on race relations day and they were crazy. Some had SS uniforms on.

[@lamalama9717]

Kyle was trying to pretend they weren't Nazis, but his idiot bonehead followers had too many swastika tats and not enough sense to hide them.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Haha Kyle and his RWR Nazi wannabes.. sheesh, even Hitelr would have been embarrassed at the sight of them 😅

[@philiphawes8358]

I have a Māori son going to UC next year. From Wellington where he is used to less racism. Hopefully he will keep safe.

[@martyknox2218]

He'll be fine. Christchurch has a growing population of many different ethnicities these days. If anyone has any issues with who he is, he'll just need to remember not to take it personally. How others treat us is their issue. How we respond to that is ours.

[@philiphawes8358]

@@martyknox2218 That's what worries me, he's big powerful rugby player and doesn't like taking a step back. Just needs to be smart.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

He will be fine. If anything he may encounter an angry climate protest or something, but nothing to fear from racists. They tend ro hide away in the shadows these days anyways.

[@jonathanwright5550]

Skins were never kjown for motor bikes....

[@Mr.BradRaven]

So when the Harris Gang patched I'm as Road Knights they didn't ride motorbikes? Or when the Outlaws recruit from Skinhead groups such as the Hammerskins, they don't ride motorbikes either? I went from being an MC associate to a Skinhead. Those groups have a lot in common.

[@patchgame6794]

I Remember some of the Linwood skins, Papanui Skins scary guys to say the least

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I grew up in Papanui, the skins had a fierce reputation when I was growing up

[@patchgame6794]

@@Mr.BradRaven They sure did. I was more of a homie I guess, So they hated me too. those WP chch tee shirts were scary to see

[@fionajoseph1131]

@@Mr.BradRaven I too grew up in Papanui, 80/82 my brother, Maori led a boot boy gang after being frustrated for being harassed by local cops for walking down the street. He was a bouncer at the Gladstone for a while when it was 'punk' and I remember going there and him giving me shit for being straight lol! Sadly, he was stabbed to death 82, ironically by a sixteen year old. Cops sang the praises of the youth in court who got off for self defence BUT same youth was involved in the machete murder of a guy two years later! Mum and I supported the mother in court and we met the detective there who had been on my brothers murder trial and he came up and apologised to us that they had got it wrong with my brother being deemed the aggressor(cos of his tattoos/record) when he was stabbed! The kid stabbed my brother after he followed him back to his car and tapped him on the shoulder and as my brother turned around BOOM tipped his heart n lung, slowly bled to death in my mothers driveway! Life IS precious and every xmas we are reminded as his anniversary looms in a couple of weeks. Memories are our strength and growth for unity when we all realise we have so much more in common than our face value🙏💝

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Wow, thanks for sharing Fiona and so sorry for your loss! It was a different time back then and there was so much -prejudice in the courts and from the police, if you were white and involved in a violent crime with a Maori, you were usually seen as the victim always. Im sorry your brother never got the justice he deserved.

[@davetabak1427]

You reckon lurch end being a mediator be4 meth got hold no ? Forgot the drive by shooting they shot though roof the car crack marksman lol

[@patchnl2699]

Any groups still around in south island?

[@Mike-s3j9h]

Harris gang still exists. Just think they got older, and more chill. Big Rusty is a pub lad, so you can spot him at some of them. One or two of em still own carnival rides and get them out making money. But outside of that, who knows. The kids of the main Harris gang lads seem to live alright. Otherwise all the other gangs with link to White Power stuff, are pretty much nonexistent now.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Not active. Right Wing Resistance were active up until the mosque shooting. Now there are just smaller factions, most are too scared to be active now.

[@patchnl2699]

Thanks for the history of these clubs gangs of the South

[@Mr.BradRaven]

You're welcome

[@patchnl2699]

I herd they were brutal.back in th dayz

[@glennross85]

Skins drowned a guy in the Hutt river in the late 80s, used to know a guy who wqs a friend of the victim.

[@Shenzenxo]

Maoris & Polynesians we're brutal too blud

[@Mike-s3j9h]

I grew up poor lil hood rat child, went to phillipstown primary. All fights n violence were way worse in general back then. Was just chaotic stuff, and is better controlled or kept of the d-low now. The skin related gangs, id say had the worst reps, but as a kid, they were all good to white ass me. Highways were a good lot.

[@Mr.BradRaven]

Everyone was, skinheads, mobsters, islanders and Maori street kids. It was a violent time and you had to be able to look after yourself. The island lads were massive tho

[@AD-xi9hy]

Some might say how the hell does anyone with half a brain get influenced by these sorts of people...Well you just kick around with a few mates that know another few mates with connections to a gang and before long you become engaged in the parties and drugs and so called good times etc... Before long you have your head shaved and you lose connections with your old mates from school days. Never wanted to be labelled a Skin Head but easy to fall into the trap. Thank Cripes I got out before getting in too deep.

[@PaulAtkinson-wz5pl]

Do yo know Carmy from RWR

[@Mr.BradRaven]

I do not. i dont know or associate with any member of RWR

[@Wezwolf]

@@Mr.BradRaven Do you Know Raymond up in Auckland. With the Anarchy tattoo on his forehead?

[@RichardRandall-z1o]

One race human race

[@captainpinky8307]

Except when theres land and money involved.....

[@403patriot3]

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