New Zealand Nomads

Nomads
Founded1977
Founded byDennis Hines
Founding locationHorowhenua
Years active1977–present
TerritoryNew Zealand
Criminal activitiesDrug dealing, theft, murder, Extortion
AlliesBlack Power, Head Hunters
RivalsMongrel Mob

The Nomads are a large organised criminal gang formed in the Horowhenua Wellington, New Zealand.

History

The Nomads were originally members of the Black Power, known as the "Black Power Nomads", before a large portion of the gang split and formed their own gang in 1977.[1]

In 1997, tensions heated up with the Highway 61 gang and resulted in the murder of Nomad Malcom Munns.[2]

In 2009, Nomads founder and President Dennis Hines died.[3] He is the brother of senior Head Hunters member, William Hines.[3] He was imprisoned on a count of nearly 100 criminal convictions.[4]

The gang had 103 members in prison in 2013.[5]

Paul Rodgers (Porky Rimene) is the Nomad gang boss.[6]

Notable members

  • Dennis Hines - founder and long serving President, died 7 June 2009.
  • Jack Whakatihi - [7] Nomad President from 2009. Imprisoned 2012.
  • Malcom Munns - murdered by the Highway 61 gang.[8]
  • Paul Rodgers (Porky Rimene) - jailed in 2012 for 15 years for supplying methamphetamine.[9]
  • Ji (Rex) Daley - Jailed in 2006 and 2020 for violent offending.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The New Zealand Edge : Hot : Nga Kupu Aroha - Words of Love". Archived from the original on 27 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Drug trade : The gang rap sheet". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Cancer silences tyrant who ruled through violence". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Fights in gang spurred by death". Stuff. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. ^ "LA-style gangs fuel problems in NZ prisons". Stuff. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ^ Cornish, Sophie (22 August 2020). "Gang uses footage of alleged crime in online promotional video". Stuff. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Gang boss can keep car and cash - judge". Stuff. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Vengeance in gangland". New Zealand Herald. 13 October 2004.
  9. ^ "Gang boss 'Porky' jailed for drugs". 7 September 2012.
  10. ^ Nightingale, Melissa (3 July 2020). "Nomad gang member Rex Daley jailed for 'meth-fuelled' shooting in Masterton". The New Zealand Herald.