meet the extremely violent gang of new zealand..MONGREL MOB

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Bung Eye, from the Notorious chapter: the artist has spent eight years embedded with the mob, who are the biggest and most infamous gang in New Zealand.Rotman began travelling the country, visiting the homes and clubs of hundreds of gang members, who belong to 30 different chapters.

‘Their history is extremely violent, so naturally I did feel intimidated at times,' he said. 'There was always an unspoken understanding that if I crossed them they would kill me.’  

As well as donning menacing face tattoos, some of the Mongrel Mob-who despite being primarily of Maori descent-use reviled Nazi symbols as an another act of rebellion towards authority. 

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Greco from the Notorious chapter: the artist said he managed to reach out to the mob after meeting a gang liaison officer who put him in contact with some members

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Denimz from the Rogue chapter: Rotman slowly earned the trust of the gang, travelling across the country to the homes and clubs of hundreds of gang members

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 Willy of the Mighty Mongrel Mob: Rotman was granted unprecedented access to the inner workings of the gang

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Toots from the King Country chapter: ‘There was always an unspoken understanding if I crossed them they would kill me,’ Rotman said

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