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 The government of New Zealand has made these words illegal to display in public starting today.

Aotearoa Natives
Bandidos MC
Barbarian Stormtrooper
Black Power
Comanchero MC
Crips
Damned Pirates
Devils Henchmen MC
Filthy Few MC
Fitus
Full Blooded Islanders
Greazy Dogs MC
Head Hunters MC
Hells Angels MC
Highway 61 MC
HTOWN07
Killerbeez
King Cobra
Kuki Squad
Magog MC
Mangu Kaha
Mongols MC
Mongrel Mob
New Zealand Nomad
Outcasts MC
Outlaws MC
Rebels MC
Road Knights MC
Satans Slaves MC
Stormtrooper
Taupiri MC
Tribal Huk
Tribesmen MC
Uru Taha
West Side

It took all of 3 minutes from when the law came in to force for the police to stop a motorist and arrest him for having a placard on his car dashboard which said “Mongrel Mob”. I think if gangs are doing things which are crimes which have victims then the people who commit those crimes should be arrested, but this kind thing is a thought crime. 

https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2024/0036/latest/whole.html#LMS939439