The Nomads are a large organised
Maori criminal
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gang
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based in
Wellington
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,
New Zealand
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.
History
The Nomads were originally members of the
Black Power, known as the "Black Power Nomads", before a large portion of the gang split and formed their own gang in 1977.
In 1997, tensions heated up with the
Highway 61 gang and resulted in the murder of Nomad Malcom Munns.
In 2009, Nomads founder and President Dennis Hines died.
[ He is the brother of senior ]Head Hunters
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member, William Hines.
Notable members
*Dennis Hines - founder and long serving President, died in 2009.
*Malcom Munns - murdered by the Highway 61 gang.
*Paul Rodgers (Porky Rimene) - jailed in 2012 for 15 years for supplying methamphetamine.
*Ji (Rex) Daley - Jailed in 2006 and 2020 for violent offending.
See also
*Gangs in New Zealand
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References
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