Simeon Brown
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439 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3d ago
Simeon Brown’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I know that the corridor going around is that the National Party also back in the day had some similar kind of funding.
But for me, Amanda, how I feel is that the National Party of today is very clear that we are cracking down on gangs.
We're cracking down on the misery that they are causing in our communities.
And if I can say really simply, that was then, this is now.
Right now, the government I'm part of is one where we're sending a very strong message that the people administering the poison are not going to be administering the antidote as well.
Yeah, there's a few of our laws that do define what gangs are.
And if we were to kind of put it in a nutshell, there's three kind of aspects or characteristics which in our law define a gang.
Firstly, it's got to be a group of three or more people.
Second, they've got to have a common name or signal or symbol or colour.
And third, they need to be associated with or are involved in
in criminal activity.
So we do have the definition available to us.
Plus there's a national gang list with a list of names of gangs known to us in New Zealand.
And as far as I can recall, that list does get updated.
So yes, that's how we can say, you know, this group of people are actually a gang.
They're currently involved in criminal activity.
And if I may say, that currently involved in criminal activity is really what tips the scales for me.
I know there's people that were part of gangs and they've put that life behind them and they can absolutely give some lived experience.
But when we're talking about people that are still currently involved,
with groups classified as gangs that are currently involved with criminal activity or associated with it, as I said, that tips the scales for me.
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