Fourth Reich (New Zealand gang)

Fourth Reich
Founded 1994 (1994)
Type Skinhead gang
Region New Zealand
Marque Cutdown

The Fourth Reich was a white supremacist gang formed in 1994 in a Christchurch prison and active on the West Coast and Nelson.[1][2]

Despite their name, hinting at white supremacist leanings, the group had Māori members as well.

In 1997, two members killed a young Māori man, Hemi Hutley. They beat him unconscious, dragged him across wasteland, stripped him and then threw him into the Buller river where he drowned.[3][4] For several years after this the gang was said to be "terrorising members of the community with threats, intimidation and violence".[5]

They were later involved in the murders of Janis Bamborough[6] in 1999, and Korean tourist Jae Hyeon Kim in 2003.[7]

Attempts were made by the gang to set up inside Nelson, from members that weren't inside, at the time. This tension had boiled over after, when the Fourth Reich blew up a Ford Fairmont outside the Lost Breed clubhouse, sparking a turf war, which ultimately saw the Reich leave the town.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gang Land — Salient". Salient.org.nz. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Gilbert, Jarrod. Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand. Auckland University Press.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Charles (30 April 2010). "Collision course with killing". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. 1 2
  5. ↑ "West Coast communities held captive by fear". Stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Neo-nazi a double killer". Stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Booker, Jarrod (31 March 2010). "Skinhead owns up to killing backpacker". NZ Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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