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Ten year old Sam describes himself as "a little thug from Otara". He spends his time; "stealing bikes, drinking", although he has given up smoking. It's estimated there are 2,000 young gang members in Auckland. The problem has become so serious that some politicians are calling for all gangs to be banned.
"We should be simply outlawing them and making it illegal for anyone to be a member of a named gang". But criminologist Greg Newbold believes this; "could never, ever succeed". While political debate rages, some youth workers are taking matters into their own hands. They drive around the gang hotspots trying to befriend the vulnerable kids.
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I grew up in south Auckland and I never stole a car. How sad it’s glorified to take someone’s belongings, far from being gangster my friends. Helping out the community and supporting one another that’s gangster.
@ALLQUT
2 жыл бұрын
@kosmik87 your a dog you know we can’t afford food or a game we join gangs for a family and to actually get food
@melaniethompson4645
2 жыл бұрын
🤔 hmmmm
@vagalN
2 жыл бұрын
@@JuliusCaesar117 who wants to walk in those shoes. There is a bigger world out there to see- not just Otara. Time wake up and see it
@ft4k60
2 жыл бұрын
@@vagalN world ain't anyone's oyster
@vagalN
2 жыл бұрын
@@ft4k60 except the glass can be half full- not always half empty. That's easy to say, but as you say- life is not easy for anybody (Jordan Peterson- look him up)
Those poor kids were like moths to a lightbulb when the interviewer approached them. They’re craving attention, love , care, guidance, discipline, real role models, stability, security, everything that their parents aren’t providing . It doesn’t take a village to raise a child. It takes two responsible parents.
@acepierrechaka1782
2 жыл бұрын
You know why that proverb came out of Africa? 😂 It totally makes sense now
@itz.sefa_1296
2 жыл бұрын
@@acepierrechaka1782 😭😭😭😂🤣🤣
@keithmartell3971
2 жыл бұрын
This was filmed over 20 years ago, would be interesting to know how they all are now.
@itz.sefa_1296
2 жыл бұрын
@@keithmartell3971 tru
@chiefcuningcoyote4906
2 жыл бұрын
@MOBsta Imaging it’s takes 2, a mother nurtures and the father preps the child on what’s outside, as long as they both put the child as number 1 the child will have a better outlook when he becomes an adult
I grew up in Manurewa, I went to school with 'speedy' the only thing that stopped my mates and I from being like that, was a skateboard.
@josephsharp5678
2 жыл бұрын
Do you know where that speedy kid ended up in life??Good for you for following the right track man 😊👌
@5kforyourpatchbackg685
2 жыл бұрын
@@josephsharp5678 he's a high ranking member of the killerbeez still
@josephsharp5678
2 жыл бұрын
@@5kforyourpatchbackg685 Oh true. Shot for the info.
@PhoenixsWorldVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Love watching the old SOUF Skateboards videos - lot of talent fr.
@josephsharp5678
2 жыл бұрын
@@BBaker-fr4op Oh jeez that is terrible man. Hopefully the guy finds the right path in life. God bless him 🙏
I grew up in south auckland and have seen this first hand, we need fathers and compassion, these kids just want to be valued and loved just like anyone else, they were not born to be criminals and our system is failing them. We are all responsible for our society and we can’t continue to fail them like our governments are. Keep your heads up boys.
@cuhurun
4 жыл бұрын
Ari... the system is purposely producing them. The 'deep state' has been steadily promoting this mindless 'gang' culture among the poorer sectors of society via all forms of media, especially music, for decades now. The purpose ? To undermine, dumb-down and splinter all aspects of community, stability and social cohesion at local and national levels. Pre-existing fractures, such as regional identities or tribal divisions (as in the case of Maori) are of course, exploited, it simply accelerates the process... It's all just part of 'Agenda 21'.
@netguy888
3 жыл бұрын
@@cuhurun i dont know sounds like Communist propaganda to me nah im jk Ari is right tho its mostly got to do with faithlessness trust me i grew up in newtown (probably worse then south Auckland) its true most of them come from broken family's and use the gangs as a way to find male role models you will find that a lot of the guys who run theses gangs do have fathers and the children dont your not from a hood i can tell by the way you speak so trust me when i say Ari is right and hit the nail on the head with this one
@rayban5737
3 жыл бұрын
@@cuhurun the dumb thing is WE are The system
@tama-a-tumatauengahiku3647
2 жыл бұрын
@@netguy888 What's even more sad is that the American gang culture has finally arrive in our town which is way out in the rural parts or the top of the North Island
@asae444
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevelamore8752 stfu, you are blaming the women now, big man for taking responsibility! you are a part of the broken system! the system in your head! upgrade your software!
Nice upload! Keep them coming!
Full respect to this father to restrain from beating the hell out of the young thief. He handled it with the utmost dignity to the boy and to himself. hats off to this man !! Cops are nowhere to be seen of course. Love to know if he returned the clothes he took ! Great story this one.
@Jackgritty28
2 жыл бұрын
do we play the blame game,a life of crime,I feel sorry for the youth,death or jail awaits🆘
@ClwnJuNkY
2 жыл бұрын
Cops are not there for these kids . Cops are there to protect the 1% only those in Government . The government want this . A disrupted family = no unity
@moongalaxy1158
2 жыл бұрын
bro... he didnt make a fuss cuz he would get shanked or something
Hey Sully! Still doing amazing work with the youth. Legend
depressing how cool they think they are. they wont feel cool for long
@comm04bangr98
2 жыл бұрын
You’re even cooler
@rodneypodesta6087
2 жыл бұрын
Joseph i agree whith u 100 percent
@bradleysmith9431
Жыл бұрын
That's what I'm saying, send them to l.a. streets for a week. Or harlem
Thanks, this doco helps to shed light on gangs in NZ. Also provides context to the 2022 spate of ram raids.
@bucky2355
Жыл бұрын
This doco is about 20 years old now
Dennis seems like a great example to follow in life, someone to look up to.
Great doco man, i live Brisbane, dont know much about our bro's over in NZ
Sad. Beautiful culture, descending into madness using our gang culture as a model. 😥
@spaea2062
2 жыл бұрын
This comment deep as 💯
@spaea2062
2 жыл бұрын
@@BBaker-fr4op Elaborate?
The irony of hard-working young kids actually going to LA for hip-hop dance championships, while others go down the boringly🥱unoriginal LA gang path, get criminal records, and never ever set foot in the USA as a result. But well-done Sully, thanks for all your work!
@bigchungus9327
4 ай бұрын
wrong country buddy
Anyone know how Sam the ten year old is getting on. He'd be 20s now
@jocke90s.lindell10
Ай бұрын
He is killer Beez
Its a crime Sully hasnt received any new years honors, he deserves a night hood
I’d like to see a follow up and see where these kids are now …
Sully your the man💪🏾
Take my hat off to Sully Paea, he's been tryna do good for my Hometowns youth even when I was a kid hanging out with his eldest Son Billy (was that him or Kipi in this vid?). Never thought kids would try it on Sullys Castle tho, just goes to show how bad the Hood has got since I was a kid and I thought THOSE days were bad 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Where can I find the roskill south 60mins episode from the 90s?
This is so sad
i had no idea you were a reposting channel
See his nuts drop when Sully hit him up and his associates carried on stepping. Hilarious
the last 20 seconds is very telling.
hip hop by its self is not causing crime its the actions by an individual that causes crime
8:06 “that’s how the Māori tribes used to fight”. I would of said “that’s how humans with different affiliations used to fight in the past”. Singling out to one group doesn’t sound to good, especially when these things have been going on for centuries.
sad story...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 at go around to grandma's house and watch her do the knitting all day lmao
Whats this got to do with Hip Hop??? this is gang culture. This is misguided and lost youth.
@stacrafty
2 жыл бұрын
Everything to do with hip hop lol. Just look at all the Rico charges half the rappers in the US are facing right night. Always has been.
@DjTRex08
2 жыл бұрын
@@stacrafty Not Hip Hop... Rap! which is one element and is also controlled by corporate money hungry bald heads... The death of true Hip Hop!
@mdd04000
2 жыл бұрын
@@stacrafty people act like there wasn't crime before hip hop lol
@Emanuel-bm9vn
2 жыл бұрын
@@stacrafty the crime was there before hip hop. Hip hop just brought attention to it.
@bradleysmith9431
Жыл бұрын
Yeah they are misguided by hip hop and rap artists! Singing about drug dealing, robbing, killing your op. They hear those millionaire rappers sing about it, thinking that's how they got rich, when the truth is they get rich by only singing about those actions, and keep their brothers down by tricking them into the degenerate low life.
Old school. We need more people that have been in gangs ,bike clubs and jail and made it out the other side to become youth workers. Not police or people in suits. You can't demand respect it's earnt. 🇦🇺
These kids have been let down by their parents......it's obvious they no nothing about respect or how damaging their behaviour will to their manhood. They have 2 things to look forward to a grave or a cell. God help them and keep the community safe.
@roseadams8003
3 жыл бұрын
Friends and environment.
@jadeclare1000
2 жыл бұрын
as if let down by no one. rich kids carry on the same don't matter who's at home. hard to be at home and at work at the same time
@magyaradam8957
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, bad parenting
some of these kids have both Parents at home they just choose to hang out with the wrong crowd the Police and the justice system try their very best to put them through programmes to try and steer them away from this life but some of them they just don't care they get locked up come our do the same thing again, I'll be honest if they were my kids I'll give them a good hiding send them to the islands they will soon learn the hard way.
Gang shi 😂💯🔥We tha realist GzUp
I realised later on that they have stolen some of my camera equipment🤣😂 dahtwun OTARA
New Zealand is allowed to build some BMX PARK'S , at the very least they are only dirt burms pushed together , but gives KIDS something to do TOGETHER , and it's an OLYMPIC $PORT now !...DROP IN CENTRE'$ ARE $HIT
grew up there in the 80s that liquor store used2 be our spacie parlour
@foamyone101
2 жыл бұрын
Did yah super throw with guile tho homie
@hildaandrew4188
Жыл бұрын
Heyy bro … I grew up on cob ham cres …. And that Liquor store had ma uncle mike running that store💯❤️ RIP uncle mike Kowhai❤️
@jocke90s.lindell10
3 ай бұрын
@@hildaandrew4188 where is that store located? I mean What street?
What year was this
disrespect is a sign of idiocy
Not the system. Everybody has rights, but with all rights comes obligations and responsibilities. Yes you have the right to have children. However, you are obligated to look after those children with all the other responsibilities they bring.
The interview around 11:45 highlights such a perfect point as to why gangs need to be and will be stopped, he implies the police are bad, in reality they dislike police because they interrupt their criminal activities Not only are the gangs making it harder on themselves and their future generation, they are or have integrated there own racial stereotype into society that all Maori are involved in gang activity But in truth Maori are so friendly but I feel these gangs to be taken down to best help these youths that have been misguided
I met sully son in Australia Billy paea hes Mr Australia for body building humble as dude
Awesome role model..
Totally bizzare group of people .
@vagalN
2 жыл бұрын
Afraid you miss the point
My Old Hood!..We Lived In Lappington Rd, Otara & Where a Couple Of Scenes From The Film Once We We’re Warriors Was Filmed!
@jocke90s.lindell10
3 ай бұрын
Lapping ton road?
They don't have to be like this, they choose to be. So don't pity them when they choose prison.
@onemoredeadman
2 жыл бұрын
Or death, when they drive a stolen car up a tree
@jacobsaccount9353
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
These kids what really need is to go for one week to any south american guetto, and you will see how they will change their mind. Gangs in NZ are a joke. Country that has EVERYTHING to prospere, anyone can have a good life working hard. This are just gangsters wannabe.
More like the killer butterflys
When was this filmed
@jerrybow8779
2 жыл бұрын
Like 10 years ago
@pats3071
2 жыл бұрын
@@jerrybow8779 looks closer to 20 years ago
@mattl1962
2 жыл бұрын
2007
4:27 speedy gun was my boxing coach in 2014 before he went inside , he taught me all the numbers now I’ve been knocking people out left right centre 😂 and at 13:59 is my gym
@toakasi6425
Жыл бұрын
Is he still inside ?
@MightyChange22
Жыл бұрын
@@toakasi6425 na he’s out
@toakasi6425
Жыл бұрын
@@MightyChange22 I hope these boys are safe and moving up in this world. They were only teens here They would be in their 20s now how time flies by.
@jocke90s.lindell10
7 күн бұрын
You forget to reply
@MightyChange22
7 күн бұрын
@@jocke90s.lindell10 reply to what ?
How did this American subculture become the dominant culture across global spheres of music, marketing, fashion, speech?
is this whole thing a repeat of the original? I was hoping there might of been some update. I lived in Otahuhu when there was a gang killing/attack in front of my house, on Awa Street. A week or so later another gang attack happened when they ran over and drug a man miles to his death. That was retribution for the other killers getting caught. I was hoping South Auckland was changing for the better. Even still I miss living in NZ.
Mislead Youth. The potential if these young men is endless
@magyaradam8957
2 жыл бұрын
Result of bad parenting
Teach them to survive put them in training for 3 years and when they come out they can survive in this world with respect for themselves and others. Their parents dont do anything so we must help them.There just babies and need support. the tough talking is there way on dealing with there insecurities on sexuality and boyhood. They scar so easily at this age so good to nurture them to grow strong and tall.
R.I.P - Christopher F (Rest in love miss you cousin ❤️)
@jocke90s.lindell10
3 ай бұрын
Is that someone in this video? 😢
@shirleyfuimaono7169
3 ай бұрын
@@jocke90s.lindell10 yes, 19:25 💕🕊️🕊️
@jocke90s.lindell10
2 ай бұрын
Who is Christopher F?
@shirleyfuimaono7169
2 ай бұрын
@@jocke90s.lindell102:13 💕 younger Chris.
Wow. What a shame. I just a lot of respect for Kiwi youth eh.
No dads in the home and no Jesus in their life = what you see here.
@jah.p7298
2 жыл бұрын
Amen my ppl need to them generation curses
Cheap coffee in Otara and the markets, its not always like this, i drank at the Mongrel Mob pad up in North Shore in Takapuna, every area has its trouble
That’s where I yose to live and it’s still the same there
Makalio is not the sharpest tool in the shed.
@ikanififita2863
2 жыл бұрын
nope but hed probably put a sharp tool from the shed in your head
Kiwis are so confused.
These "Two things" will get you on the bad end of a 30/30 "Bro."
South Auckland is the best place in all of New Zealand!! More talent has come out of there then any other part of nz. Joesph parker, Mark hunt, David tua, Jonah lomu just shows that the people of South aucland is #1. 275 all day
@bpswank429
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget that druggie manu vatuvei
@bpswank429
2 жыл бұрын
Also Joseph Parker is a druggie too
@melaniethompson4645
2 жыл бұрын
They had an insurmountable amount of self respect and respect for others and worked hard to get the notoriety that they obtained, these children have potential alright but they need to have better role models in their life.
@nunya3251
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, so talented. Never heard of any of those losers.
@PB22559
2 жыл бұрын
So, aside from big men who are fighters or rugby players, what other 'talent' has come out of there?
Just sad
No dad bod at home in the Newbold household either. He's too busy at work 😂 an socializing at "pony club" on the weekends. Know thyself, atleast they got manners took turns in the limelight
Wow these crooks anything as such
Isn't banning a gang or patch the same as banning a tartan? Or any cultural item? It's going to make it stronger. You're better off helping the people, particularly the kids - that's what went wrong here in America. Don't look at us. We suck!
@naninani2795
2 жыл бұрын
We he means ban, he means locking or shooting any of them on sight I'm guessing Which is good
Need and greed? Family's with nothing to lose? I hate politicians. 😒 snobs.
Such a sad waste of all that potential and talent, these kids just don't stand a chance in life.
Sully is the man
Lets all give a thumbs up to knitting at Grandmas place
"America wanna b like us" gotta stop comparing s.a to other places 😂 ftr
@dasenya1761
2 жыл бұрын
We made that style tf you mean
@deebo1314
2 жыл бұрын
Americans wouldn't even know where NZ is 😅 They wouldn't even know these guys exist.
poor kids trying to act cool to hide they fact that they dad left
Society and the Justice system failed. Sure the streets were quiet for a time but one decade later these kids have graduated to a MC.
They just need some love.
Very sad.
I wonder if Sam's a carpenter homie now lol
@jocke90s.lindell10
7 күн бұрын
He is not
They should all be locked up and disaplined
@comm04bangr98
2 жыл бұрын
You got bullied by them aye mate
@tonigilsenan6320
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly what the rich white privilege would say it's people like you that are part of the reason why these kids do what they do.
@tractorfan19
Жыл бұрын
seki disaplined
Then after they steal the car they kill themselves getting wrapped around a power pole or lamppost. The parents gets the dreaded Door knock at ungodly hours. Seems to be happening more n more regularly
Grew up in S.Auckland and it’s not as bad as we think…USA is 10x worse than these try hard kids. Franklyn Road Otara some of the best memories of my life I’m now 40yo.
Trying to imitate US gangsters that they see on TV. So sad
@aheat3036
2 жыл бұрын
The U.S. has been there and done that!… They have moved on a long time ago!
What happen to them now
@jocke90s.lindell10
3 ай бұрын
I wonder to. Alot
American wanna bes
At least they only stealing cars and not stealing land oh hang on that's the government chur bro
@onemoredeadman
2 жыл бұрын
Give them their own land, see how they get on then
'listens to one n.w.a song' - nek minit
Look at all the boys from back then to now ifykyk🤫 AAOO stylah my brothers OTARA🐝
@jocke90s.lindell10
3 ай бұрын
You know them?
Labor camp is the answer.
Now they ride around on dirtbikes doing wheelies in traffic. Seems the gang have gotten wealthier and more well armed with a rise in shootings as the years roll on.
This is bloody old😴😴
If only they had showers more often
The killer bees sounds not scary
@ 5:35 "It should be illegal for anyone to be a member of any named gang". That would shut down the NZ Police. They are the largest named gang in the country.
@MB-nu6pg
2 жыл бұрын
and what exactly do police do that makes them a gang apart from mostly helping out to stop crime and deal with drugs and many more things
@amoses585
2 жыл бұрын
Jackass! @ NZ Police, it's still going to happen anyway, lol 😆 !
@M6A6T6T
2 жыл бұрын
Come on answer his question I wanna know what you have to say about that too
@amoses585
2 жыл бұрын
@@M6A6T6T What makes them similar to a gang is that they have designated colors they wear. They have a sense of culture and comraderie amongst themselves. Also, the police is the designated authority by the State to have a monopoly on violence to keep a sense of decency and order in the community.
@M6A6T6T
2 жыл бұрын
And it's different because real gangs only cause problems where police can do both and I'd rather both good and bad than just bad gangs hahah
That's old school parenting get in there get to the kids who broke in and confront them
Come pasifika youth this is not our people we are people of the sea and islands not streets speak your culture and act your culture pasifika people have to gain their reputation not down grade our ancestors hard work of finding new land and islands
@Jerome-nx2ww
2 жыл бұрын
The so called land you talk about my Maori and others ancestors were either cheated out on or wrongfully confiscated there’s a lot more to these stories then what your watching fella.
Was that cdaz
They tried to Bann grog didn't work back fired
The answer is the Armed Services
Listened to too much one four.
How embarrassing! this is on the corner of my street, everitt road. Miss the Telecom phonebooth lol
NZ baby
@MB-nu6pg
2 жыл бұрын
Lol this is nothing compared to other countries. You guys in nz think you are tuff 😂
@kubobetterrelax7435
2 жыл бұрын
@@MB-nu6pg Nobody asked
all these kids grew to work for the Government.... The Benefit....
How are this kids today? I mean I guess the grown up, somebody know?