IR-01-25-26617
25 August 2025
Liam
[FYI request #31571 email]
Tēnā koe Liam
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 14 July 2025. You
requested:
The number of charges, prosecutions, and convictions under both the Wanganui
District Council (Prohibition of Gang Insignia) Act 2009 and the Prohibition of
Gang Insignia in Government Premises Act 2013. To be clear, I request data for
these Acts from the date of royal assent to the date of repeal for each Act.
Your request was partial y transferred to the Ministry of Justice as that is the ministry
which holds the information requested about convictions.
The fol owing tables show the number of charges (prosecutions) in relation to gang
insignia, by year.
Please note that these figures may differ to figures published elsewhere as they count all
proceedings against an offender that involving at least one ‘Displayed Gang Insignia’
offence, which may not have been the most serious offence for which an offender was
proceeded against on each occasion.
A proceeding counts each separate occasion when Police deal with an alleged offender
for one or more offences. Proceedings for official statistics are usual y classified
according to the most serious offence that the offender is dealt with on that occasion.
Table 1. Wanganui District Council (Prohibition of Gang Insignia) Act 2009 charges (prosecutions),
by year.
Year Amount
2009 9
2010 8
2011 1
Total 18
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Table 2. Prohibition of Gang Insignia in Government Premises Act 2013 charges (prosecutions), by
year.
Year Amount
2014 2
2015 5
2016 8
2017 7
2018 10
2019 5
2020 2
2021 6
2022 4
2023 3
2024 6
Total 58
The data in this response data are drawn from dynamic operational databases and are
subject to change as new information is recorded or updated.
As part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police proactively releases
some information and documents that may be of interest to the public. An anonymised
version of this response may be publicly released on the New Zealand Police website.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Zane Kearns
Director Data and Performance Insights (acting)
