Mayor of Wairoa Craig Little on the Gang Patch Ban

Michael Laws talks to the Mayor of Wairoa Craig Little about the gang patch ban.
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[@maljohn1414]

Time to end cowardice in enforcing the law.

[@X6r61]

@@maljohn1414 what law. The bill of rights ? Or nah scrap that one aye.

[@calstonjew]

Maori privilege.

[@richsmith3300]

Mabe you should go take their patch of them.

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@calstonjew Victim Support.- Sean O'Dwyer.- number 136- 140 Hobson Street.- Auckland City. 1010. New Zealand./ / maha Aotearoa.''

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@richsmith3300 Had 30 off them run from me in Kaitaia town. - Sean O'Dwyer- Gwavas Sheep Station- R.D.4. - Highway 50. via Tikokino.- Hawkes bay Province.

[@quintinsmith5400]

Finally a conversation based in reality.

[@X6r61]

@@quintinsmith5400 where. This govt. is tyrannical at this point

[@txeemo6946]

The police are amazing in Wairoa. Theyre doing a really great job. Mainly because their focus is only on the bad apples, where everywhere else theyre out fining every person they can fine. Much respect to the Wairoa police.

[@zerofull6936]

Totally agree.

[@bazw255]

there needs to be a group of men who arent afraid of the thugs/gangs,formed to teach them the right path .there are lots of real men out there who would help if the law wasnt against them taking action.

[@calstonjew]

Skinheads.

[@throughput6674]

If u think the police and government are somehow better than gangs you must be seriously obtuse.

[@Anonymous-c4p]

Charles Bronson please come back! 🙏

[@X6r61]

@@throughput6674 agree

[@Ps119]

Police now have the ability they needed so lets see how they use it. Wairoa is a great little place and the gang members need to decide to have better futures for themselves and their children

[@richsmith3300]

And how do they go about it ? they are under staffed no extra bckup and no more money.

[@ronaldwarren1267]

Msm should also stop showing patches on news items

[@X6r61]

@@ronaldwarren1267 really. What if things weren't as bad as Chris luxon and the nzh made out. Perhaps they're doing sensationalism. To fool racist old farts to vote for them and pay there premium subscription

[@X6r61]

@@ronaldwarren1267 what if all these old racists had never seen a gang member or had any issue with them.

[@Anonymous-c4p]

"Seek Higher"🙋💛

[@bennichols1113]

Ban all clothing that identifies individuals as part of a group.

[@geofflewis8599]

..Problem then is that the next time you want to wear a red cap, or a blue tee-shirt, you can get arrested!.. In Wairoa, gangs identify with the two rival tribal groups in the area. - which have been at war with each other for centuries..- third-world cultures, third-world outcomes..The first action would be to stop paying helpless young Maori women having taxpayer-funded children .

[@X6r61]

@@bennichols1113 yeah like police uniforms and those act pins they all wear. Definitely those national blue jackets.

[@X6r61]

@@geofflewis8599 why are you so racist.

[@billytapurau]

​​@@geofflewis8599"stop paying helpless young Maori Women having taxpayer funded children" .... ?? Da fk is dat.....

[@bunning63]

​@@billytapurauthe sort of shit voters want to hear. Real solutions are much harder. We're talking politicians here.

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

The leaders have no control over their members.they do as they please.its all about the drugs/money

[@throughput6674]

And this wisdom is from your many years in gangs or as a gang associate or are you just putting your own cognitive bias spin 9n it all.

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

@@throughput6674 no ive see it in my own family.they think its cool to be drug dealers and they dont care about anyone but them selves

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

If your a gang member you shouldnt get the dole.doubke diooing.clown

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

Are you a gang member.if so its up to you to change but ops no money in that dickhead

[@throughput6674]

​@@jeffmcintyre2091are these family members of a gang?

[@Chronicz120]

Only way you'd be able to enforce the gang patch ban is with military assistance, Either in house or foreign other wise buckle in it's going to be a hell of a ride with many casualties.

[@seanodwyer4322]

ahh in extreme contact with China too rectify maha Aotearoa , - Keep all expectations down

[@johnr3150]

Yep, need a few mercenaries to come in and help. Too big a problem to solve by ourselves as i don’t think the gangs will care less about the patch ban, not in the small towns like Wairoa. Good luck to the police I say. I believe it’s worth a try though.

[@bensimmons9736]

Craig is a great mayor. I rate him highly. He is across the issues.

[@bunning63]

Don't recall gangs clearing out the CBD in Wanganui. When it is acknowledged 80 to 90% of gang members were in state care and often abused, the problem is so much more complex. Banning patches? Why not address where it starts? Because your voters love the idea of banning patches, that worked so well in Australia. It also distracts the public from all the other talk and no action a year in.

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

@@bunning63 and why are they in state care?

[@bunning63]

@@jeffmcintyre2091 Well you can't blame the kids.

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

@@bunning63 im not tried my best for 25 years but no luck.ive giving up.sad but true

[@bunning63]

@@jeffmcintyre2091 not sure on your background, but I worked with 'youth at risk' and later in forensic mental health. Lot of disappointment and some really questionable parents, every turn obstructed by a woke physiologist. Banning clothing is so simple I just don't know why I didn't think of it.

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

Can you answer that

[@dannytaukamo4664]

Hopefully all gangs patches not just the select fews.

[@PeterPehi]

INTERESTING. WAIROA. M M M. 🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖🌖

[@namrepusprime6793]

I personally dont think the government should dictate what people can or cant wear. It is a slippery slope.

[@TonyWhite-x3c]

You are missing the point. These patched people are criminal gangs. It is about Gangs and Criminals. Not about clothing and what people wear.

[@Anonymous-c4p]

Love my 'Hugo Boss'✋️💛

[@jeffmcintyre2091]

@namrepusprime6793 I agree but when are they going to take responsibility for them selves instead of blaming everyone else for their shit

[@Pastaaa204]

Why does Micheal want to know about the white kids? In such an isolated community, ethnicity doesn't impact much. They're the same as other children in the wairoa District, some people choose to send their kids to places that are higher than decile 1 some don't have the money or means to. Others will just choose to send their kids to wairoa college bc that's where they went, pakeha included.

[@X6r61]

The freedom of speech absolutists being so keen on breaching the bill of rights.

[@mobbarley7517]

How labour and the greens treat the bill of rights again?

[@X6r61]

@@mobbarley7517 in what regard ? And why do you just blame labour and greens for everything. So it's ok to abuse the bill of rights because you didn't like labour. It's ok to be tyrannical because you didn't like labour.

[@X6r61]

@@mobbarley7517 I wasn't even talking about labour I was talking about plunket and his band of hypocrites

[@namrepusprime6793]

​@@X6r61when labour was in power they stomped all over the Bill of Rights during the covid pandemic.

[@throughput6674]

Which bill of rights are u referring to exactly? The Bill of Rights Act 1990? Is that what u mean?

[@pz-wv8kb]

I look at it like this , who is Craig little? My family are born and bred in wairoa not a single person in my family knows him and nobody went to school with him not 1 aunty ,uncle , koro or nan . Im not saying he's a bad mayor in fact I think he is 1 of the better mayors we have had however this is a foreigner(people not from wairoa) who gets whinged at about gangs from other foreigners. Imo is this gangs arent going anywhere they will only adapt to the new laws and you will end up not knowing who is who this probably is going to lead to more violence in my town as gang members won't be able to identify other gang members from a distance meaning they are going to end up in each others faces alot more not because they are trying to but because they won't know they are in the midst of the opposition gang until they are at it with each other. In my town I know these gangs avoid each other when they are not in a group and on there own . Now that's gone ,well done national you probably unintentionally just made things way worse for towns like wairoa .

[@Chronicz120]

Craig little family have been in Wairoa for years, his parents were lovely people who had a farm in ohuka. From memory I'm sure his parents were Allan and patsey and Craig has a sister called Amanda who's married to Tiny that worked for the power board for many years and lived in frasertown.