article_snippet: Forget switchblades it's shears that will be the new weapon of choice for members of New Zealand's notorious Mongrel Mob and Black Power gangs who are set to take up a new community initiative.
article_snippet: the gangs have been involved in drug trafficking, alleged murder, and robbery - but last year the gangs surprised everyone by suddenly making peace, not war.
article_snippet: It's a very different kind of work than they're used to, but the gangs have joined forces in a submission to the Dunedin City Council, asking for help in acquiring paid work to support the gangs families. '
article_snippet: It's remarkable the gangs're working together.
article_snippet: the gangs've had a long history of just shooting each other,' Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull said. '
article_snippet: But I think the gangs're both beginning to realise that violence won't provide both much of a future anymore.'
article_snippet: Rather than shoot and knife each other the proposal was put forward for both to work together as an employment solution for gang members who were struggling to support both families, and steer them to work together as an employment solution for gang members who were struggling to support their families from a life of crime.
highlights_snippet: However last year the gangs surprised everyone by making peace .
  
highlights_snippet: the gangs have now joined forces in a submission to the Dunedin City Council .
  