New Zealand’s great shame: Man spots young child’s artwork of a bikie gang patch dumped on a wet road – complete with a swastika and the tag ‘Mongrel Mob’
- Child’s drawing of a notorious gang insignia labelled a sign of hopelessness
- Abandoned picture was spotted in a car park in Napier, New Zealand on Tuesday
- It appears to be of the Mongrel Mob logo – one of New Zealand’s largest gangs
A child’s drawing of a notorious gang insignia has been labelled a sign of hopelessness for New Zealand’s youth.
The abandoned picture was spotted in a car park in Napier, on New Zealand’s North Island on Tuesday.
The drawing appears to be of the Mongrel Mob logo – which is New Zealand’s largest street gang.
A child’s drawing of a notorious gang insignia has been labelled a sign of hopelessness for New Zealand’s youth.The gang, which has a violent reputation, has a prominent insignia featuring a bulldog with the words: Mongrel Mob around the outside
The gang, which has a violent reputation, has a prominent insignia featuring a bulldog with the words: Mongrel Mob around the outside.
Marty Sharpe, who spotted the drawing laying in a wet street, has shared his sorrow after finding it.
He called the drawing that has scribbled of yellow and a small swastika in the corner ‘a sign of hopelessness’
He told Stuff the drawing was ‘a quintessential case of a picture saying more than words ever could’.
‘Kids who idolise and aspire to join a gang at such a young age are destined to join it.’
The gang, which is predominantly Maori, adopted symbols and calls from Nazi Germany in the early 1960s, including the swastika. The gang’s rallying cry ‘sieg heil’ – which is German for ‘hail victory’
The Mongrel Mob began in a court room in New Zealand when a judge called a group of men a ‘bunch of mongrels’ back in the 1960s.
They have grown ever since and now boast chapters across the country.
Figures from the Gang Intelligence Centre show the number of patched gang members and prospects hoping to join had increased by 1500 since 2015.
The gang, which is predominantly Maori, adopted symbols and calls from Nazi Germany in the early 1960s, including the swastika.
The gang’s rallying cry ‘sieg heil’ – which is German for ‘hail victory’.