Police are setting up a National Gang Unit and frontline teams to tackle crime and intimidation by gangs.
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said the national unit will work with police districts across the country, drawing on Operation Cobalt and other coordinated responses to gang funerals and other gang activity.
New gang disruption units will be dedicated district teams to help identify, target and catch "priority offenders", he said.
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Four arrests were made and motorbikes impounded as police patrolled the gang funeral of Hone Kay-Selwyn in south Auckland.
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