Two people have been arrested after a spate of drive by shootings in Auckland - according to the Police Minister, Poto Williams.
Police have laid the blame for the shootings - along with several frightening incidents in the Far North - squarely at the feet of two gangs.
They say the violence stems from rivalry between the Tribesmen and the Killer Beez.
Our reporter Katie Todd has been taking a look at the checkered past of the two gangs - and how it reached boiling point.