Mongrel Mob Wāhine Toa lodge first ever all-female gang Treaty of Waitangi claim
12 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Paula Ormsby inside the Iron Dog gang pad in Hamilton. Photo / Brett Phibbs
multimedia journalist at the Herald in Wellington@katieharrisnz
The first Treaty of Waitangi claim filed by an all-female chapter of a gang has been lodged by the leader of the Mongrel Mob Wāhine Toa. It s about looking at the effects that gangs have had upon women and children, historically and to present day, says leader Paula Ormsby.
Ormsby and member Cherie Kurarangi put forward the claim on behalf of the Wāhine Toa chapter as well as Priority Whānau, which encompasses wāhine Māori who are gang-associated, and their children.
Women s Mongrel Mob Chapter: Death threats, fighting domestic violence and feminism
12 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Dennis Makalio: ‘Stop connecting abuse of women to the Mongrel Mob’. Video / Maori TV
WARNING: This article references violence and sexual assault. Paula Ormsby, leader of the first women s Mongrel Mob chapter, takes Katie Harris into the Iron Dog pad and tells her about the reality of gang life a year on from launching the Wāhine Toa. There were death threats, there were rape threats, there were violence threats.
It came like a tsunami.
Reaction to the creation of the first women s Mongrel Mob chapter was instant – the backlash unrelenting.