In this episode of International Dateline, video journalist David O'Shea hangs out with the Killer Beez, a gang of youths who call South Auckland, New Zealand, home. They are restless, armed, high, and gearing for a fight. They even steal from O'Shea while he's filming them and make no attempt to hide it. The Killer Beez is just one of many juvenile gangs that have sprung up in Auckland. They occupy houses and set up drive-through drug supermarkets. O'Shea accompanies street workers as they patrol these neighbourhoods and is constantly warned to keep his camera out of sight.
Is compassion the answer to New Zealand's juvenile gang problem? Or should gang members be locked up, as some politicians would like?
About International Dateline
SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.
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