pn832. Increased gang crime here blamed on 'Australian' imports: NZ-born 'products of the Australian environment'

 Matthew Tukaki 

Auckland shootings: Australian 501 policy blamed for rise in gang violence

New Zealand Herald. 27 Dec, 2021 

National Maori Authority chairman Matthew Tukaki has called on the New Zealand government to turn back the planes bringing Australian deportees 

 A Māori leader has slammed the Australian Government's policy of returning people with criminal convictions - known as 501s - as the prime cause of an increase in gang-related violence in Auckland.

His comments follow a spate of shootings, including alleged homicides in Flat Bush and Mt Roskill within the last week.

National Maori Authority chairman Matthew Tukaki, also warned of Sydney-style gang wars and called on the New Zealand government to turn back the planes bringing the deportees here.