does labour have a youth criminal problem?

No ! NZ does. Remember to be kind. After all it's the most open ,honest and transparent govt. NZ has had ! Apparently that includes being kind to bimbo PM. Not allowed to name a racehorse "Smile like Jacinda" So she has sole rights to that name ? oops...getting a little precious there aren't we ?

Sense of 'lawlessness' in Auckland as ramraids and shootings spread across the city

www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/128788474/sense-of-lawlessness-in-auckland-as-ramraids-and-shootings-spread-across-the-city

the inevitable result of reducing the consequences of criminal actions

is an increase in criminality

...

For most New Zealanders the only contact they have with gangs is a visual one. You feel a bit of fear as they roar past and around you on the road. You see their presence more as numbers have swelled in recent years and they congregate together in public places, patched up and looking really intimidating. You don't make eye contact and generally choose a different place to hang out.

But for many of us this week, they have come to our neighbourhoods, and we are under real threat as we live our lives in our own homes. Loaded guns firing shots at their rivals but also shooting at the wrong houses are putting innocent lives at risk. I'm scared. We have thugs, simpletons who can't even identify their right target, shooting up our neighbourhoods. Residents are finding bullet holes in their houses, one reported taking cover in her own lounge as shots echoed down her driveway. They don't care if innocent people are hurt or killed as rival gangs play out a deadly game of tit for tat.

Gang membership is up 44 per cent from October 2017 to February 2022 and violent crime is up 21 per cent

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/paula-bennett-on-gang-violence-that-is-being-ignored-by-the-government/XDGJFOCWMCUIPPO4UUKMZGSBYY/

Noel Holmes(Herald reporter 1960/70s??) his thing was to drop crimes off on the Auckland Islands and when taking the next group down you bring back any suvivors.

knifing the train station manager......for asking for tickets?

youths get arrested

but do they then quietly get released?

www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/06/auckland-transport-staffer-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-stabbed-on-sylvia-park-train-station-platform.html

The PM has a cabinet reshuffle at 3pm today.

Media reporting Poto Williams is gone-burger.

How embarrassing can you get, 3 days after Luxton called for her to go....
That is 100% admitting your Ministers are useless.

PM will need to see a Chiropracter after spinning her way out of this one. I'm fascinated to see how the spin doctors will handle this. Might be the first actual mea culpa of this govt.