New Zealand Bike Gang

Highway 61 was the largest motorcycle gang in new zealand in 2010.

New zealand bike gang.

The new zealand police have distinguished between new zealand gangs with predominantly maori and pacific islander membership outlaw motorcycle gangs and local street gangs. Gangs have existed for decades in new zealand. The arrival of the 501s named after the character section their visas were cancelled under has radically changed new zealand s gang landscape. In the 1960s a gang of variously disaffected youth sprang up in hawkes bay new zealand.

They didn t ride bikes but they quickly developed all the trimmings of an outlaw motorcycle club. His motorcycle a white harley davidson. By the 1970s established gangs included black power mongrel mob head hunters and stormtroopers. Their members are a common sight on the country s roads and truck stops immediately identifiable in patched vests and riding oversized motorcycles.

The head hunters were formed in 1967 followed by highway 61 in 1968.