New Zealand Nomads Explained

Nomads
Founded:	1977
Founding Location:	Horowhenua
Founded By:	Dennis Hines
Years Active:	1977–present
Territory:	New Zealand
Criminal Activities:	Drug dealing, theft, murder, Extortion
Allies:	Black Power, Head Hunters
Rivals:	Mongrel Mob

The Nomads are a large organised criminal gang formed in the Horowhenua Wellington, New Zealand.

History

The Nomads were originally members of the Black Power, known as the "Black Power Nomads", before a large portion of the gang split and formed their own gang in 1977.^[1]

In 1997, tensions heated up with the Highway 61 gang and resulted in the murder of Nomad Malcom Munns.^[2]

In 2009, Nomads founder and President Dennis Hines died. He is the brother of senior Head Hunters member, William Hines.^[3] He was imprisoned on a count of nearly 100 criminal convictions.^[4]

The gang had 103 members in prison in 2013.^[5]

Paul Rodgers (Porky Rimene) is the Nomad gang boss.^[6]

Notable members

• Dennis Hines - founder and long serving President, died June 7th 2009.
• Jack Whakatihi - ^[7] Nomad President from 2009. Imprisoned 2012.
• Malcom Munns - murdered by the Highway 61 gang.^[8]
• Paul Rodgers (Porky Rimene) - jailed in 2012 for 15 years for supplying methamphetamine.^[9]
• Ji (Rex) Daley - Jailed in 2006 and 2020 for violent offending.^[10]

See also

• Gangs in New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Web site: The New Zealand Edge : Hot : Nga Kupu Aroha - Words of Love. https://web.archive.org/web/20071227164723/http://www.nzedge.com/features/ar-denis01.html. 27 December 2007. 29 November 2014. dead.
2. Web site: Drug trade : The gang rap sheet . The New Zealand Herald. 29 November 2014.
3. Web site: Cancer silences tyrant who ruled through violence. The New Zealand Herald. 29 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132344/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10581170. 6 October 2014. dead.
4. Web site: Fights in gang spurred by death. Stuff. 20 February 2012. 29 November 2014.
5. News: LA-style gangs fuel problems in NZ prisons . 9 June 2013 . Stuff. 29 November 2014.
6. News: Cornish . Sophie . Gang uses footage of alleged crime in online promotional video . 5 January 2021 . Stuff . 22 August 2020.
7. News: Gang boss can keep car and cash - judge . Stuff . 26 December 2023.
8. News: Vengeance in gangland. 13 October 2004. New Zealand Herald.
9. Web site: Gang boss 'Porky' jailed for drugs. 7 September 2012.
10. News: Nomad gang member Rex Daley jailed for 'meth-fuelled' shooting in Masterton. The New Zealand Herald. 3 July 2020. Melissa. Nightingale.