Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the issue of gun violence two years after the Christchurch terror attacks. Photo / Jason OxenhamPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has admitted it is going to take time to turn around growing levels of gun violence, saying the recent rise is down to Australian deportee gangsters. It comes as one of the country's top cops has put rising gang tensions due to the influx of Australian 501 deportees for surging gun violence across Auckland. Worsening gun violence linked to gang turf wars, illicit drugs and the insidious cancer of organised crime has left more than 350 people with firearms injuries across Auckland in five years. A second gun buyback started on February 1 to collect newly prohibited firearms, pistol carbine conversion kits and associated parts.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 14, 2021 19:17 UTC