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Today on The Spinoff: Why Restore Passenger Rail has set its sights on cruise ships, the frightening talent of Ana Scotney and a one-person argument about capitalism.
But first: What do we actually know about how many people belong to gangs in New Zealand?
“By November 2022, National police spokesperson Mark Mitchell was pinpointing day-by-day gang growth (‘nearly six new gang members every single day’) and by April 2023 – the heady early days of campaign season – he was referencing a 61% increase in gang membership ‘after five years of this soft-on-crime Labour government’. By June 18 that had become ‘a staggering 66% increase’ since Labour came to power and by July 30, an increase of 70%.
Where do such specific figures come from?”
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