A last minute amendment to NZ’s gang legislation risks making a bad law worse
- Written by Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
The government’s new gang legislation – now split into the Gangs Bill and the Sentencing Amendment Bill – is expected to pass its third reading soon. But a last minute amendment, added after public consultation closed, has raised more questions about legislative overreach.
Broadly speaking, the legislation will make gang...





