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Taken from the documentary Gang Girl Tarnz's Story. Directed by Makarita Urale and Executive Producer Claudette Hauiti
Teenage gang member Tarn tells her extraordinary life story in "Gang Girl," a half-hour documentary screening on TV 2 at 11pm on Wednesday November 14 in a new documentary innovation strand.
Adult male gangs have long been a part of the New Zealand landscape, but teenage girl gangs are a more recent trend. Now in her early 20s,Tarn formed her own girl gang in Napier when she was in her teens. She has 13 convictions and has been in prison three times. She has now left the gang and is trying to make a new life for herself in Wellington.
"Gang Girl -- Tarn's Story" was produced by Front of the Box Productions, the makers of the award-winning TV 2 documentary Gang Girls. In a gritty and revealing interview, Tarn tells the story of her turbulent upbringing, losing her mother and baby brother in a house-bus crash, turning to a life of crime and gangs, and then coming out the other side again.
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