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New Zealand - A Gangsta's Paradise

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Reporter David O'Shea meets the Killer Beez, one of several dozen new gangs creating a law and order nightmare for the police in South Auckland.

He travels through Otara, South Auckland, and the streets are filling up with restless youths gearing up for a big night.

He's granted an interview with 'Speedy' - the second in command of the Killer Beez. He tells O'Shea says he and his gang literally "rob to survive".

On air: 3rd October 2007

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David began working for Dateline in May 1998, during the riotous final days of President Soeharto’s rule.

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