Ministry of Social Development in Manukau counties has been working with 133 families with youngsters involved in youth gangs.
There is a centre in Hilsborough and Henderson that provides short accommodation for troubled teenagers.
The main roles of these centres is to take young people who have been arrested by the police and would otherwise have to spend more than 24 hours in police cells.
There is a 24 hour available counselling services provided by Lighthouse a non-profit organisation for trouble teenagers.
This services provides a clean bed, food etc for trouble teenagers for a short term.
Above is the openning ceremony of one of these centres.
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