The not-so-nice 味方する of New Zealand: 悪名高い Maori '黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする' ギャング（団） is 逮捕（する）d in striking portraits showing off their intricate 十分な-直面する tattoos

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にもかかわらず the tech world's movers and shakers flocking to New Zealand for the tranquil way of life, the Land of the Long White Cloud isn't all farms, entrepreneurs and rolling hills.

Out of the public 注目する，もくろむ is one of the nation's?most 悪名高い ギャング（団）s 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする, whose members operate in a lawless and hyper-violent world.

にもかかわらず 存在 地下組織の,?Sydney photographer Casey Morton managed to 調査する open a window into the lives of member with a 始める，決める of candid portraits.

Morton earned the 信用 of the 悪名高い 暴徒 - made up of おもに Maori and Polynesian members - ーするために shed light on their story.?

What followed was a striking glimpse into the ギャング（団）.

Sydney photographer Casey Morton 逮捕（する）d candid photos of members of 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする, one of New Zealand's most 悪名高い ギャング（団）s

耐えるing 十分な-直面する tattoos, the ギャング（団）'s 外見 lives up to their 残虐な 評判

Photographer Casey Morton's 願望（する） to 逮捕（する） ギャング（団） members was to 'show them for who they really are'?

'I have some 親族s who are associates, so I used them to 橋（渡しをする） the divide,' Morton told Daily Mail Australia.

'I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to show another 味方する to what 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする is about. The idea was to show them for who they really are and let people （不足などを）補う their own mind.'?

He jetted to Christchurch to 会合，会う with members of the 地元の 一時期／支部 and shoot them in a clubhouse.

Wearing blue and 黒人／ボイコット ギャング（団） colours and 耐えるing 十分な-直面する tattoos, the ギャング（団）'s 外見 matches their fearsome 評判. But Morton said he felt 安全な.

'Beforehand they laid the ground 支配するs. At times I felt very 脅迫してさせるd by them, but I never felt 危険な,' Morton said.

The photos 申し込む／申し出 a striking glimpse into members of the 悪名高い 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする ギャング（団）

The patched vests, in the same way as 無法者 bikie ギャング（団）s in the US, signal the members' status. ーするために earn them they must 耐える a gruelling initiation period that can （期間が）わたる a year before they are 公式に welcomed.

The 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする was 設立するd in the 1970s to 反対する the Mongrel 暴徒, with whom they have a bitter and １０年間s-long 競争.

緊張s boiled over last month, when 発射s were 解雇する／砲火／射撃d at a Mongrel 暴徒 member's funeral 嵐／襲撃するd by 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする members in Whakatane,?in the Bay of Plenty 地域 in the North Island of New Zealand.

But Morton believes BlackPower are not as violent as they once were, and says there is more to the group than 会合，会うs the 注目する，もくろむ.

'The ギャング（団） is not as violent as they once were, and what I saw on the day felt a lot more like a brotherhood than anything else.'

'At times I felt like I was just hanging out with family, uncles and brothers, but at the same time you also knew and could feel that there was a dark 味方する to them.'

The members are reminiscent of characters portrayed in the 1994 New Zealand film, Once Were 軍人s, about life in the slums of Auckland, 含むing an eldest son who leaves his family to join a ギャング（団） with facial tattoos.

黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする members are shown wearing blue and 黒人／ボイコット, the colours of the ギャング（団）?

The 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする ギャング（団） is made up まず第一に／本来 of Maori and Polynesian men

A patched vest shows the status of members within the 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする ギャング（団）, in the same ways as 無法者 bikie clubs

Photographer Casey Morton managed to 調査する open a window into the 隠しだてする lives of 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする members

The photos shed light on the 隠しだてする lives of 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする ギャング（団） members?

Photographer Casey Morton flew to Christchurch to take photos of members of the 地元の 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする 一時期／支部 in a clubhouse?

The 黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする ギャング（団） has been 述べるd as 'more like a brotherhood than anything else'?

黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする members were photographed over a day and a half to portray their story?

The 目的（とする） of the photos was not to portray the ギャング（団） members in a 肯定的な light, but to photograph them for who they really are and let people （不足などを）補う their own mind

黒人／ボイコット 力／強力にする is said to be 'a 堅い group who live by their own creed'

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