Gripping Photos of New Zealand’s Largest Gang Will Make You Tremble
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New Zealand is a country known more for its picturesque Lord Of The Rings settings than for its gang activity, but it is this unknown dark side that photographer Jono Rotman explores in his powerful series of mob portraits. He managed to get members of New Zealand’s infamous Mighty Mongrel Mob, the largest in the nation, to sit down for stunning portraits that give us a look at a world alien to most of us.
When telling Vice how he had gained access to the mob, Rotman explained, “I told them I wanted to take martial portraits. And you know, regardless of where the Mob are viewed in the social hierarchy, these men have committed to a creed and fought battles, sometimes to the death.”
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“These men have committed to a creed and fought battles, sometimes to the death”
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Why would this make me tremble? Just because they have facial tattoos? They look like any other biker gang around the world.
The only thing scary is that they all fancy themselves to mullets. Stylist's nightmare..
That is a good one
I bet if they stood in front of you, you would be trembling... Such a keyboard warrior lol...
But the title suggests these "gripping photos" will make you tremble, not being confronted by the people themselves.
Trust me these guys are WAY worst then anything a North American gang can do.
who cares. why cant we all just get along?
if youve ever seen them in the streets and stuff like that youd prolly shit yourself, theyre scary in the flesh
I was a little disappointed in the tennis shoes ....lol
That's correct!
This work is pathetic. The photographer is an idiot. These guys aren't Maori warriors, they are violent criminals, drug dealers, murderers and rapists, they beat their partners and children. I know someone bringing up a child that was created by a gang rape from this gang. The child was given away at birth. You know what would be interesting? Photographs of their victims, but they are too afraid to be photographed because they would be victimised, beaten, raped and bashed some more, their families terrorized and their house and belongings burnt and stolen. These people are monsters, they have no mana, nothing. They are not representative of what it is the be Maori. Disgusting lack of understanding, there's no heroes here mate - bet the photographer's making lots of money out of this though, eh.
very well put and well said Fiona, i am a kiwi in the australian army and have been doing the rounds of the middle east, lots of combat atrocities, these guys remind me of isis/isil, same depraved mentally unbalanced violence and to all those gragging about tough american gangs, you have no idea just how violent and evil these people are.
Amen Fiona, only the weak roll in gangs. Nothing is worse than people given them recognition, no1 gets in the gang for being a nice guy! I read the book a mobster wrote claiming to be deformed blah blah blah the shit he had done is haunting
So sad you don't see it. Don't this make you want to ask why these people are monsters? We have a similar problem with gangs, crystal meth and probably the highest rape rate in the world. It's not cool. What is cool though is to show that they are human, just like you. People get enraged or fear them for being "monsters". But why are they monsters? Were they forced by others? Did they struggle for work or was judged too harshly by others or people like yourself? The gang members locally don't really want to do what they do. They are forced to as it's the only way to survive and part of their upbringing into the lifestyle which force them in their ways. Most of the gang members don't want it for their children and want a better life for them and would love for them to escape this reality. But they can't. The media keeps on focusing on their victims and crimes forcing them deeper into this hell hole of a reality. So please, stop thinking you have moral high ground.
you are a bit confused. I know very well how these people are created. My point is that the photographer is a greedy, amoral wanker. I have relatives in two major NZ gangs...the Headhunters have changed their kaupapa and I am proud of my younger relatives who are patched up and bring up their kids beautifully and respect and cherish their wives. So whateva to your 'moral highground' its way more complex than these guys being victims....they can sort out their victimhood one step at a time, my problem is with the photographer who is only making them proud of being complete bastards. The problem can be tackled from within the Mob.
Thank you for standing up for them.They might look scary but you are showing people that they are humans and not monsters.
forgot to say, Black Power have changed their kaupapa, thats also where the big changes are happening within the young families...I'm proud of my whanau for supporting their brothers to change.
That is some scary shit... pictures themselves are amazing, but I'm torn whether I like the subject or not, nor do I understand what they are supposed to represent.
of all men saying they dont tremble , coz they think about themselves though, just dont realize that a guy like the second img really exists, and in person, he would make pee come out of ur weewee if u face him...
Never happen , we live in different worlds and I would not want to enter his.
Think you need to harden up mate. He's just a try hard wannabe with a tattoo
I live in New Zealand, even the police are afraid of these guys.
Um they are not Hispanic Dimitri. But it is pretty stupid for them to be wearing an SS symbol because they would have probably been killed by the SS
I was just thinking that. "Why are people who look Maori wearing Nazi symbols?"
provocation. MC gangs do it since their beginnings.
I'm a little puzzled by a black man sporting a swastika but I'm guessing he's not a big reader
lol
real maori warriors earn their mokos through courage and bravery. these wankers use fear and intimidation to get there own way no matter the consequences to other people. that first judge was right. these people are bloody mongrels.
Just an FYI that's no insult to a mob member
Makes for very interesting portaits, but it is always very sad when I'm reminded we will never escape our murderous & violent primeval origins. No matter what advancements we make, there will always be many who will value that part or nature with pride & see it as a worthy, high accomplishment whether is is waring tribes or nations.
Hmm maybe they dont value that part of Nature with pride & see it as worthy... at all. Maybe they have no where else to turn except to a life of crime and maybe they just dont care what society thinks at all. maybe they dont value anything.
They eat Kiwi's, not very scary. :P
Considering that means that they eat people, it's a little scary
In my job, I work with gang members every day and something I never get use to is their absolute hate for someone who simply isn't their race. It's not the tattoos, size or even what they've been locked up for, but their level of hate that scares me.
You are right. You can dress up a poodle and make it look mean and scarey. Its the level of hatred in the heart. I fear them because of the hatred and in seeing the one picture of the kids, it is clear the next generation will be every bit as hateful and violent.
They don't make me tremble, they do make me disgusted though. You try to romanticize it by saying they follow a creed and fought battles. BS... a thug is a thug. They have probably done some pretty horrible things in their life times and people like you are horrible for making this look cool to a younger generation. You will probably now have at least a small part some future kids choice to become a biker, who either gets killed, kills others or both. Does that make you proud now?
they are a bunch of thugs who are the scum of new zealand society, and te moko is a privilege, for men with Mana, which non of these men have.
THe only one that really gets to me is the last one. Those kids look so sad. :/
There are some serious pussies that have been commenting. Are any of you aware of the level of violence any real gang membership entails?
For those they say you are not scared, you should try walk into their bar and try mingle with them, I'm sure you would lose your shit. The difference in cultural behavior can be a daunting task to get your head around, let alone they pride themselves on their warrior history. Why else do you think New Zealand has been the best country to uphold indigenous rights? Not because they were softer than the average Englishman but because the Maori were harder. Land wars anyone? Not to mention they slaughtered the first ship of "explorers".
Murdering pieces of sub human crap
way to be racist
Murderers are a race now apparently..
As a kiwi, I dislike this being associated on an international scale with New Zealand. Gangs are a minority here. What they represent doesn't deserve to be glorified. Would be great to see traditional maori items and tattoos to represent Aotearoa.
As a kiwi, I dislike this kind of stuff associated with New Zealand. Gangs are a minority and some use thuggish and intimidating behaviour. That's not what New Zealand is about. Showcase maori, their tattoos and culture. That's more genuine New Zealand.
I used to live in NZ, and I find the Maori tattoos to be beautiful. So these guys really don't scare me.
I'm a Maori New Zealander. These men are tribesmen. Access to guns is limited in NZ, so when they kill someone, it is usually with fist, clubs or machete. Very personal. They are brutal & live brutal lives, so before all you keyboard warriors give out your high horsed opinions thinking your tough, I am tough, I've lived this life, it is frightening. Any other gang? Not really, these are some of the hardest men you'll ever see pictures of, they would make your manhood wither with a glance. Seeing these pics for me dredges up feelings of pain & suffering, fear, anger, aggression, abandonment, but also pride(mana), & the fact that I was blessed to escape this life.
Isn't ironic how most of them are wearing nazi symbols etc. and how nazi movement would have eradicated their "creed" for not being, well german or arian... If history would have allowed it? You can represent hatred or fear but do it in a consistent way? I guess? They are a shame... Nonetheless, great pictures.
im unsure but a friend of mine once told me they wear the nazi look alike things as a sign of rebellion against nazi culture as in to piss them off... may or may not be right but thats what i was once told
...War can shape a human to the point where men become tools of aggression/intimidation ... if we life in a violent place, we become violent beings...
The last line tells the whole story... "regardless of where the Mob are viewed in the social hierarchy, these men have committed to a creed and fought battles, sometimes to the death." The concept is too foreign for most men to understand. In our current, ever more fem-centric world masculinity and its trappings are continuously shamed. Western society gives cuckworship service to every anti-male concept, especially penis mutilation, as the key our survival as a civilization. The fem-bots here know no such thing as man tribes. No camaraderie. No facing death. Even girls are in the militaries. The fems feel fear, wariness, caution and, shhh, even tingles, in the face of fearless men. I do not glory monger the Mob. I praise the lost virtues of tribe, man honor, brotherhood. Its all but lost... Or is it. Red Pill!
Are u cuck Are ufick A ru What a fuckin joke do u have ba,lls or mamma stilll has them
Some honky noses and floppy clown shoes would make them tremble worthy
Who would want to affix their sense of identity to such a ruthless and barbaric group of monsters?
This guy with SS logo on his helmet ... Pathetic !
No.
Tabloid headings annoy me. But isn't it just a male shift of the Maori from oppressed tribe?
for many (not all)
And a different perspective http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10643489/Sandwich-gang-humbled-by-offers
they look like mad max badguys
Sporting SS and Nazi symbols and most of them are aboriginal. I wonder what the Aryans would think about them?
I'm scared that they are rearing children.
Love their expression..
Those poor friggin kids, I just feel so sorry for them. Sad
I used to live in NZ and I find the Maori people and their tattoos beautiful! They really don't scare me.I find them fascinating.
What makes large gangs really scary, are the amount of guns they freely have access to. Give a gang guns and they can kill whomever and wherever they like, coupled with their lack of morals and selfish attitudes. They don't need to dress up.... They can be the average looking Joe. But it's the firearms that make them tough. Take them away and they are nothing. I grew up with these guys in my neighborhood. They are like any other gang. Only in numbers are they tough. Grown men that are still immature. As far as International gangs, the kids killing with guns and out of control....how do you think they would fare alone? They aren't tough. They just have a gun and a collective group of uneducated individuals who encourage and teach them to do wrong.
Oh Smurfs!
As a white male who has lived my whole life in Mob territory, next to Mob leaders, schooled with Mob kids and friends with current members they are the most amazing community. They care for thier own members and neighbours and I am yet to meet a member who wasn't lovely. Unfortunately there reputation is huge and well deserved, especially where territory overlaps with the Black Power. As always people can get into gangs because they lack a good family or community of there own, that's what these photos symbolise for me. Side note - you don't see this any more as gang patches were banned from public places in NZ almost 10 years ago, so its just the tattoos and red clothes.
the funny part, most of them have Swastika to reflect on german nazis. however, they dont strike me as an "Aryan men". still i'll skip any meeting with them
Scary & interesting all at the same time.
Gorgeous still untouched New Zealand has...gangs? Makes me wonder what on earth they could be rebelling against down there.
Was interesting, not "tremble" worthy.
A lot of tattoos with a permanent indelible dye ,that is what they are
http://www.darcylee.com
Just for another perspective, I sat next to a guy on the bus yesterday who was wearing a black hoodie with a bandanna covering his lower face. He had tats all over his left hand and ripped jeans and boots finished the look. Not too savoury. But as I sat there I realised he was listening to one of the mainstream radio stations (Mad Butcher and Bunnings ads featured) and laughing to himself at the Djs' banter. Every so often he lifted the bandanna and popped a wrapped milk toffee in his mouth. When he got up to leave, he pulled down his bandanna, flashed me a brilliant smile and said thank you as I stood up. Just a bloke on his way to work. The look doesn't always tell the full story.
why are do they have Nazi symbols? they look more like Nazi posers to me. If Herr fuhrer, Adolf Hitler saw this, he would laugh and at the same time, offended and have those posers executed. world's largest gang, gtfo.
What makes me tremble is the way of life they (& all our ancestors) had in Nature versus the degenerative living that is done - being torn from such Grace. It is criminal to take humans out of our Natural lives as Nature. And we are paying the price in misery, as seen in their eyes. Tragic. Regenerative Design is growing. Let's do this! Those children deserve better!!! As do all humans.
I don't get it. Why not be happy, enjoy the world around you, be peaceful. Life is too short for crap.
I don't get it - why not just be happy, enjoy the world around you, live in peace.
I bet these guys will stand beside you when fighting for New Zealand. I noticed a state of origin jumper on one. way to go QLD.
Hummer stated if he had a battalion of Maori he would've conquered the world. What's on the inside is what you need to be afraid of the outside represents anti society. In court a judge called some regular guys a pack of mongrels. That's how they got the original gangs name. The rest are off shoots like crips and bloods from black panthers. Always makes me lsugh how many tough guys aee online. The shit you say you would never say face to face. Your all jokes
I think it is hysterical that so many have Nazi symbols on their clothes considering Hitler and his ilk would have despised every one of these clearly non-Aryan jokers.
Can't they find anything useful to do?
The only the that bothers me is the depiction of the SS Schutzstaffel symbol and the swastika. Seeing that as a form of support for the Neo Nazi party is what makes me tremble.
Come to Chicago you silly fuckers!!! We will show you what bad is!!!
Can they do the haka?
What's with the Nazi symbols? these people would not be embraced by the third Reich, I can tell you that. Is it an ironic statement?
thats idiotic ,nazi signs allover the place , WHO do they represent what are their values? fuck the world
These could be the nicest people... Why would this be so scary?
They don't look scary because they're in a picture on your screen, but in my mind having a face tattoo is an indication of mental fuckupedness. Not to mention that most people are desensitized because they watch alot of TV including Sons of Anarchy
they don't look scary because they're in a picture on your screens. I don't know anything about them but in my mind, getting a face tattoo says alot about your mental fuckedupedness
What?!?!?! Firstly, no, that didn't make me tremble at ALL!! Secondly, I really wanted to read more about them, maybe even a snippet on each portrait, this article was basically a lede. Very anticlimactic. GREAT portraits tho!!! :)
So why exactly are these 'scary' characters sitting in on a photoshoot?
From what I can see in these comments. No one has a clue about these people.. they're normal just like us. Only difference is the fight till they're last breath for what they believe in. Family friends and brotherhood is paramount.. their tattoos are symbols of experiences memories and beliefs.its not a culture or cult or creed. It's a family based life style with its own personality.
Look like a bunch of try hard knobs to me
the only thing scary about these is that they wearing SS and nazi emblems and probably don't even know how wrong is that. poor ignorants.
poor little boys .... they look like they don't have a lot to be carefree and smiling about
I wanted to say more. It looks like Cliff Curtis who is also Maori.
The first one looks like the actor Cliff Curtis
What do the women look like?
Whores
A lot of those look like traditional Maori tattoos, rather than gang-related.
It is a matter of debate whether they deserve the moko.
A bir centuries old Maori culture with the face tattooing, and a bit modern biker gang. Interesting, compelling, but not all that frightening. I guess that may be the intent? But we're so used to so-called freakiness by now.
They're also infamous for gang rapes, domestic violence and murders . Thugs pure and simple .
If these are bad people in a gang like you say, why put them in lights on the Internet? And why would we even care? What's the point to this?
Someone did them as art, they made big posters of them and put them in a exhibition, was very controversial as well.
I find these photos so compelling. It's difficult to look at them and not be incredibly judgmental but also not observe the dignity that each of these photos portray.
Cape flat gangsters make these guys look like a happy Caucasian middle class family from Irvine, California.
The scrawny white guys with no teeth - lol, they look like they're inbred which is a different kind of scary I suppose.
The first guy looks like Roger Sterling from Mad Men lol
Swastikas?
Hilarious !
Keep them in New Zealand, better yet build a zoo just for them.
why should you be promoting these gang members. why is bored panda giving up space for them
Nothing that a jail cell won't fix.
Nothing that a jail cell won't take care of.
These guys will escape from New Zealand if by some means at least 5 Target Killers of Karachi or few Taliban would get visa of New Zealand. !
Lmao...Check out all these keyboard thugs. None of y'all ain't got the ballz to say any of this shit to them in person. Do me a favor and keep your traps shut.... #pussies #wankuhz
Awwww, they're ADORABLE!
complete wastes of human flesh
They are complete scum. Why promote them and make them feel special
The 28's in South Africa is scary, these are bikers, and so not scary
These are not bikers. Just saying.
give me a second here, an hispanic is wearing an helmet with the ss sigil... EVERRYTHING IS FINE.
did you just call a maori a hispanic?
Maoris some of these people, with traditional maori tattoos. Now gangsters I suppose.
Strange that an Australian native would use a SS helmet... maybe the scariest about this
Sorry I hate corrections but a Maori is a New Zealand native - Australia is home to Aborigines
Why would this make me tremble? Just because they have facial tattoos? They look like any other biker gang around the world.
The only thing scary is that they all fancy themselves to mullets. Stylist's nightmare..
That is a good one
I bet if they stood in front of you, you would be trembling... Such a keyboard warrior lol...
But the title suggests these "gripping photos" will make you tremble, not being confronted by the people themselves.
Trust me these guys are WAY worst then anything a North American gang can do.
who cares. why cant we all just get along?
if youve ever seen them in the streets and stuff like that youd prolly shit yourself, theyre scary in the flesh
I was a little disappointed in the tennis shoes ....lol
That's correct!
This work is pathetic. The photographer is an idiot. These guys aren't Maori warriors, they are violent criminals, drug dealers, murderers and rapists, they beat their partners and children. I know someone bringing up a child that was created by a gang rape from this gang. The child was given away at birth. You know what would be interesting? Photographs of their victims, but they are too afraid to be photographed because they would be victimised, beaten, raped and bashed some more, their families terrorized and their house and belongings burnt and stolen. These people are monsters, they have no mana, nothing. They are not representative of what it is the be Maori. Disgusting lack of understanding, there's no heroes here mate - bet the photographer's making lots of money out of this though, eh.
very well put and well said Fiona, i am a kiwi in the australian army and have been doing the rounds of the middle east, lots of combat atrocities, these guys remind me of isis/isil, same depraved mentally unbalanced violence and to all those gragging about tough american gangs, you have no idea just how violent and evil these people are.
Amen Fiona, only the weak roll in gangs. Nothing is worse than people given them recognition, no1 gets in the gang for being a nice guy! I read the book a mobster wrote claiming to be deformed blah blah blah the shit he had done is haunting
So sad you don't see it. Don't this make you want to ask why these people are monsters? We have a similar problem with gangs, crystal meth and probably the highest rape rate in the world. It's not cool. What is cool though is to show that they are human, just like you. People get enraged or fear them for being "monsters". But why are they monsters? Were they forced by others? Did they struggle for work or was judged too harshly by others or people like yourself? The gang members locally don't really want to do what they do. They are forced to as it's the only way to survive and part of their upbringing into the lifestyle which force them in their ways. Most of the gang members don't want it for their children and want a better life for them and would love for them to escape this reality. But they can't. The media keeps on focusing on their victims and crimes forcing them deeper into this hell hole of a reality. So please, stop thinking you have moral high ground.
you are a bit confused. I know very well how these people are created. My point is that the photographer is a greedy, amoral wanker. I have relatives in two major NZ gangs...the Headhunters have changed their kaupapa and I am proud of my younger relatives who are patched up and bring up their kids beautifully and respect and cherish their wives. So whateva to your 'moral highground' its way more complex than these guys being victims....they can sort out their victimhood one step at a time, my problem is with the photographer who is only making them proud of being complete bastards. The problem can be tackled from within the Mob.
Thank you for standing up for them.They might look scary but you are showing people that they are humans and not monsters.
forgot to say, Black Power have changed their kaupapa, thats also where the big changes are happening within the young families...I'm proud of my whanau for supporting their brothers to change.
That is some scary shit... pictures themselves are amazing, but I'm torn whether I like the subject or not, nor do I understand what they are supposed to represent.
of all men saying they dont tremble , coz they think about themselves though, just dont realize that a guy like the second img really exists, and in person, he would make pee come out of ur weewee if u face him...
Never happen , we live in different worlds and I would not want to enter his.
Think you need to harden up mate. He's just a try hard wannabe with a tattoo
I live in New Zealand, even the police are afraid of these guys.
Um they are not Hispanic Dimitri. But it is pretty stupid for them to be wearing an SS symbol because they would have probably been killed by the SS
I was just thinking that. "Why are people who look Maori wearing Nazi symbols?"
provocation. MC gangs do it since their beginnings.
I'm a little puzzled by a black man sporting a swastika but I'm guessing he's not a big reader
lol
real maori warriors earn their mokos through courage and bravery. these wankers use fear and intimidation to get there own way no matter the consequences to other people. that first judge was right. these people are bloody mongrels.
Just an FYI that's no insult to a mob member
Makes for very interesting portaits, but it is always very sad when I'm reminded we will never escape our murderous & violent primeval origins. No matter what advancements we make, there will always be many who will value that part or nature with pride & see it as a worthy, high accomplishment whether is is waring tribes or nations.
Hmm maybe they dont value that part of Nature with pride & see it as worthy... at all. Maybe they have no where else to turn except to a life of crime and maybe they just dont care what society thinks at all. maybe they dont value anything.
They eat Kiwi's, not very scary. :P
Considering that means that they eat people, it's a little scary
In my job, I work with gang members every day and something I never get use to is their absolute hate for someone who simply isn't their race. It's not the tattoos, size or even what they've been locked up for, but their level of hate that scares me.
You are right. You can dress up a poodle and make it look mean and scarey. Its the level of hatred in the heart. I fear them because of the hatred and in seeing the one picture of the kids, it is clear the next generation will be every bit as hateful and violent.
They don't make me tremble, they do make me disgusted though. You try to romanticize it by saying they follow a creed and fought battles. BS... a thug is a thug. They have probably done some pretty horrible things in their life times and people like you are horrible for making this look cool to a younger generation. You will probably now have at least a small part some future kids choice to become a biker, who either gets killed, kills others or both. Does that make you proud now?
they are a bunch of thugs who are the scum of new zealand society, and te moko is a privilege, for men with Mana, which non of these men have.
THe only one that really gets to me is the last one. Those kids look so sad. :/
There are some serious pussies that have been commenting. Are any of you aware of the level of violence any real gang membership entails?
For those they say you are not scared, you should try walk into their bar and try mingle with them, I'm sure you would lose your shit. The difference in cultural behavior can be a daunting task to get your head around, let alone they pride themselves on their warrior history. Why else do you think New Zealand has been the best country to uphold indigenous rights? Not because they were softer than the average Englishman but because the Maori were harder. Land wars anyone? Not to mention they slaughtered the first ship of "explorers".
Murdering pieces of sub human crap
way to be racist
Murderers are a race now apparently..
As a kiwi, I dislike this being associated on an international scale with New Zealand. Gangs are a minority here. What they represent doesn't deserve to be glorified. Would be great to see traditional maori items and tattoos to represent Aotearoa.
As a kiwi, I dislike this kind of stuff associated with New Zealand. Gangs are a minority and some use thuggish and intimidating behaviour. That's not what New Zealand is about. Showcase maori, their tattoos and culture. That's more genuine New Zealand.
I used to live in NZ, and I find the Maori tattoos to be beautiful. So these guys really don't scare me.
I'm a Maori New Zealander. These men are tribesmen. Access to guns is limited in NZ, so when they kill someone, it is usually with fist, clubs or machete. Very personal. They are brutal & live brutal lives, so before all you keyboard warriors give out your high horsed opinions thinking your tough, I am tough, I've lived this life, it is frightening. Any other gang? Not really, these are some of the hardest men you'll ever see pictures of, they would make your manhood wither with a glance. Seeing these pics for me dredges up feelings of pain & suffering, fear, anger, aggression, abandonment, but also pride(mana), & the fact that I was blessed to escape this life.
Isn't ironic how most of them are wearing nazi symbols etc. and how nazi movement would have eradicated their "creed" for not being, well german or arian... If history would have allowed it? You can represent hatred or fear but do it in a consistent way? I guess? They are a shame... Nonetheless, great pictures.
im unsure but a friend of mine once told me they wear the nazi look alike things as a sign of rebellion against nazi culture as in to piss them off... may or may not be right but thats what i was once told
...War can shape a human to the point where men become tools of aggression/intimidation ... if we life in a violent place, we become violent beings...
The last line tells the whole story... "regardless of where the Mob are viewed in the social hierarchy, these men have committed to a creed and fought battles, sometimes to the death." The concept is too foreign for most men to understand. In our current, ever more fem-centric world masculinity and its trappings are continuously shamed. Western society gives cuckworship service to every anti-male concept, especially penis mutilation, as the key our survival as a civilization. The fem-bots here know no such thing as man tribes. No camaraderie. No facing death. Even girls are in the militaries. The fems feel fear, wariness, caution and, shhh, even tingles, in the face of fearless men. I do not glory monger the Mob. I praise the lost virtues of tribe, man honor, brotherhood. Its all but lost... Or is it. Red Pill!
Are u cuck Are ufick A ru What a fuckin joke do u have ba,lls or mamma stilll has them
Some honky noses and floppy clown shoes would make them tremble worthy
Who would want to affix their sense of identity to such a ruthless and barbaric group of monsters?
This guy with SS logo on his helmet ... Pathetic !
No.
Tabloid headings annoy me. But isn't it just a male shift of the Maori from oppressed tribe?
for many (not all)
And a different perspective http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10643489/Sandwich-gang-humbled-by-offers
they look like mad max badguys
Sporting SS and Nazi symbols and most of them are aboriginal. I wonder what the Aryans would think about them?
I'm scared that they are rearing children.
Love their expression..
Those poor friggin kids, I just feel so sorry for them. Sad
I used to live in NZ and I find the Maori people and their tattoos beautiful! They really don't scare me.I find them fascinating.
What makes large gangs really scary, are the amount of guns they freely have access to. Give a gang guns and they can kill whomever and wherever they like, coupled with their lack of morals and selfish attitudes. They don't need to dress up.... They can be the average looking Joe. But it's the firearms that make them tough. Take them away and they are nothing. I grew up with these guys in my neighborhood. They are like any other gang. Only in numbers are they tough. Grown men that are still immature. As far as International gangs, the kids killing with guns and out of control....how do you think they would fare alone? They aren't tough. They just have a gun and a collective group of uneducated individuals who encourage and teach them to do wrong.
Oh Smurfs!
As a white male who has lived my whole life in Mob territory, next to Mob leaders, schooled with Mob kids and friends with current members they are the most amazing community. They care for thier own members and neighbours and I am yet to meet a member who wasn't lovely. Unfortunately there reputation is huge and well deserved, especially where territory overlaps with the Black Power. As always people can get into gangs because they lack a good family or community of there own, that's what these photos symbolise for me. Side note - you don't see this any more as gang patches were banned from public places in NZ almost 10 years ago, so its just the tattoos and red clothes.
the funny part, most of them have Swastika to reflect on german nazis. however, they dont strike me as an "Aryan men". still i'll skip any meeting with them
Scary & interesting all at the same time.
Gorgeous still untouched New Zealand has...gangs? Makes me wonder what on earth they could be rebelling against down there.
Was interesting, not "tremble" worthy.
A lot of tattoos with a permanent indelible dye ,that is what they are
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Just for another perspective, I sat next to a guy on the bus yesterday who was wearing a black hoodie with a bandanna covering his lower face. He had tats all over his left hand and ripped jeans and boots finished the look. Not too savoury. But as I sat there I realised he was listening to one of the mainstream radio stations (Mad Butcher and Bunnings ads featured) and laughing to himself at the Djs' banter. Every so often he lifted the bandanna and popped a wrapped milk toffee in his mouth. When he got up to leave, he pulled down his bandanna, flashed me a brilliant smile and said thank you as I stood up. Just a bloke on his way to work. The look doesn't always tell the full story.
why are do they have Nazi symbols? they look more like Nazi posers to me. If Herr fuhrer, Adolf Hitler saw this, he would laugh and at the same time, offended and have those posers executed. world's largest gang, gtfo.
What makes me tremble is the way of life they (& all our ancestors) had in Nature versus the degenerative living that is done - being torn from such Grace. It is criminal to take humans out of our Natural lives as Nature. And we are paying the price in misery, as seen in their eyes. Tragic. Regenerative Design is growing. Let's do this! Those children deserve better!!! As do all humans.
I don't get it. Why not be happy, enjoy the world around you, be peaceful. Life is too short for crap.
I don't get it - why not just be happy, enjoy the world around you, live in peace.
I bet these guys will stand beside you when fighting for New Zealand. I noticed a state of origin jumper on one. way to go QLD.
Hummer stated if he had a battalion of Maori he would've conquered the world. What's on the inside is what you need to be afraid of the outside represents anti society. In court a judge called some regular guys a pack of mongrels. That's how they got the original gangs name. The rest are off shoots like crips and bloods from black panthers. Always makes me lsugh how many tough guys aee online. The shit you say you would never say face to face. Your all jokes
I think it is hysterical that so many have Nazi symbols on their clothes considering Hitler and his ilk would have despised every one of these clearly non-Aryan jokers.
Can't they find anything useful to do?
The only the that bothers me is the depiction of the SS Schutzstaffel symbol and the swastika. Seeing that as a form of support for the Neo Nazi party is what makes me tremble.
Come to Chicago you silly fuckers!!! We will show you what bad is!!!
Can they do the haka?
What's with the Nazi symbols? these people would not be embraced by the third Reich, I can tell you that. Is it an ironic statement?
thats idiotic ,nazi signs allover the place , WHO do they represent what are their values? fuck the world
These could be the nicest people... Why would this be so scary?
They don't look scary because they're in a picture on your screen, but in my mind having a face tattoo is an indication of mental fuckupedness. Not to mention that most people are desensitized because they watch alot of TV including Sons of Anarchy
they don't look scary because they're in a picture on your screens. I don't know anything about them but in my mind, getting a face tattoo says alot about your mental fuckedupedness
What?!?!?! Firstly, no, that didn't make me tremble at ALL!! Secondly, I really wanted to read more about them, maybe even a snippet on each portrait, this article was basically a lede. Very anticlimactic. GREAT portraits tho!!! :)
So why exactly are these 'scary' characters sitting in on a photoshoot?
From what I can see in these comments. No one has a clue about these people.. they're normal just like us. Only difference is the fight till they're last breath for what they believe in. Family friends and brotherhood is paramount.. their tattoos are symbols of experiences memories and beliefs.its not a culture or cult or creed. It's a family based life style with its own personality.
Look like a bunch of try hard knobs to me
the only thing scary about these is that they wearing SS and nazi emblems and probably don't even know how wrong is that. poor ignorants.
poor little boys .... they look like they don't have a lot to be carefree and smiling about
I wanted to say more. It looks like Cliff Curtis who is also Maori.
The first one looks like the actor Cliff Curtis
What do the women look like?
Whores
A lot of those look like traditional Maori tattoos, rather than gang-related.
It is a matter of debate whether they deserve the moko.
A bir centuries old Maori culture with the face tattooing, and a bit modern biker gang. Interesting, compelling, but not all that frightening. I guess that may be the intent? But we're so used to so-called freakiness by now.
They're also infamous for gang rapes, domestic violence and murders . Thugs pure and simple .
If these are bad people in a gang like you say, why put them in lights on the Internet? And why would we even care? What's the point to this?
Someone did them as art, they made big posters of them and put them in a exhibition, was very controversial as well.
I find these photos so compelling. It's difficult to look at them and not be incredibly judgmental but also not observe the dignity that each of these photos portray.
Cape flat gangsters make these guys look like a happy Caucasian middle class family from Irvine, California.
The scrawny white guys with no teeth - lol, they look like they're inbred which is a different kind of scary I suppose.
The first guy looks like Roger Sterling from Mad Men lol
Swastikas?
Hilarious !
Keep them in New Zealand, better yet build a zoo just for them.
why should you be promoting these gang members. why is bored panda giving up space for them
Nothing that a jail cell won't fix.
Nothing that a jail cell won't take care of.
These guys will escape from New Zealand if by some means at least 5 Target Killers of Karachi or few Taliban would get visa of New Zealand. !
Lmao...Check out all these keyboard thugs. None of y'all ain't got the ballz to say any of this shit to them in person. Do me a favor and keep your traps shut.... #pussies #wankuhz
Awwww, they're ADORABLE!
complete wastes of human flesh
They are complete scum. Why promote them and make them feel special
The 28's in South Africa is scary, these are bikers, and so not scary
These are not bikers. Just saying.
give me a second here, an hispanic is wearing an helmet with the ss sigil... EVERRYTHING IS FINE.
did you just call a maori a hispanic?
Maoris some of these people, with traditional maori tattoos. Now gangsters I suppose.
Strange that an Australian native would use a SS helmet... maybe the scariest about this
Sorry I hate corrections but a Maori is a New Zealand native - Australia is home to Aborigines