Kate Hawkesby: Having a pow wow with gang members isn't going to solve anything

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Apr 26, 2022 · 3m

I see gangs are now ruffling the feathers of Wellingtonians. It was only a matter of time.

Ask anyone in Auckland, the Waikato, the Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay, Northland.. gangs are a scourge at the moment so no surprises they’ve started to upset those in the capital. One Wellington Councillor was reported calling it “unacceptable” and “scary.” Well yes it is. And it’s something we’ve been banging on about for a while now.

Wellington’s incident involved a shooting in the inner city. Not just one, but two shooting incidents, two people wound up in hospital critically injured, and Police…