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THE GANGS … 14 YEARS LATER, Three, Tuesday 9.30pm and Wednesday 9.40pm

Pam Corkery would tell you herself that she’s had her colourful moments over the years; behind a talkback mic, in Parliament or just on the lash. That’s not the Pam who presents The Gangs … 14 Years Later, which revisits the pair of documentaries she made in 2008 about New Zealand’s gangs. Her two-part follow-up in 2022 is journalistic, precise and steadily informative.

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