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Unleashed

Sex, rackets & vigilantes in

New Zealand's most corrupted community.

He wrote about vigilantes during the Covid lockdowns.

What could possibly go wrong?

How a clique used their council and police connections to try to silence an investigative writer through a series of stitch ups. This Kafkaesque farce delves into a community often at the centre of many New Zealand corruption scandals.

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Matakana War Memorial heritage application

Fix Hill Street Now: TVNZ Gutsful episode

Black & Silver Flag campaign

Matakana War Memorial heritage application

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Welcome to Klaut.

Klaut is the publishing, production, and communications company of Grant McLachlan – a New Zealand-based writer. Grant is a prolific investigative writer of fiction and non-fiction for newspapers, books, and screen.

A former hearings commissioner, barrister, and solicitor, Grant has worked in the public and private sectors, ranging from a Parliamentary researcher and campaign director to a planner and infrastructure specialist. His columns in New Zealand newspapers and his pro-bono work has assisted many people involved in disputes with central and local government authorities.

On this site you will find links to his current and past work. There are several projects in development so please watch this space.

Media Coverage

Auckland Council: Too big to care, too complex to control.

Grant McLachlan

Oct 34 min read

Unleashed

Auckland Council: Too big to care, too complex to control.

Auckland Council has grown so vast that watchdogs lack the resources to keep up, fostering a culture that often rewards dubious conduct.

Warkworth's celebrity crooked cop culture

Grant McLachlan

Sep 2516 min read

Research

Warkworth's celebrity crooked cop culture

When I filmed the mother of a cop break my nose, several cops told me to not share the footage with Warkworth Police.

Police 'aghast' unsupervised volunteers opened community station to public

1News

Sep 203 min read

TVNZ

Police 'aghast' unsupervised volunteers opened community station to public

Police were "aghast" to find volunteers at a community police centre north of Auckland opened the station to the public without supervision.

R v McLachlan: What was Constable Fairbrass thinking?

Grant McLachlan

Aug 1221 min read

Research

R v McLachlan: What was Constable Fairbrass thinking?

You'd expect that a police constable with ambitions of becoming a detective would be careful with their investigations, wouldn't you?

Grant McLachlan

Aug 129 min read

Research

R v McLachlan: Who turned the Keasts?

There is a considerable difference between what Corinne and John Keast did, compared to what they said. Why?

New book uncovers corruption at every layer of a community.

Grant McLachlan

Jul 282 min read

Unleashed

New book uncovers corruption at every layer of a community.

Unleashed is investigative writer Grant McLachlan’s Kafkaesque account of a community often at the centre of many NZ corruption scandals.

How a right wing racket unleashed on me.

Grant McLachlan

Jul 284 min read

Unleashed

How a right wing racket unleashed on me.

When RNZ’s Ruth Hill contacted me about my September 2020 astroturfing article, a year later I would be facing prison time.

R v McLachlan: Paul Shanahan's list of lies

Grant McLachlan

Jul 2811 min read

Research

R v McLachlan: Paul Shanahan's list of lies

Paul Shanahan tried to be more than the star witness. Here are some of the lies that he said while under oath in court.

Grant McLachlan

Jul 283 min read

Research

R v McLachlan: The corrupt dog ranger

According to Warkworth Police, they didn't discuss my case with the council. This evidence proves someone was lying.

R v McLachlan: How Lois McPherson and Lorraine Martin perverted the course of justice.

Grant McLachlan

Jul 286 min read

Research

R v McLachlan: How Lois McPherson and Lorraine Martin perverted the course of justice.

During a trial, a support person is meant to sit quietly next to a complainant giving evidence. Instead, Lois McPherson whispered answers.

Grant McLachlan

Jul 286 min read

Research

R v McLachlan: The 'expensive' camera.

Lorraine Martin hit me with her camera twice, threw it at my face twice, and witnesses twice attempted to return it. Didn't she value it?

Archives

Jun 160 min read

Research

Rodney Office Holders 1998-

A list of mayors, councillors, and local board members for Rodney District and Auckland Councils.

Unleashed - locations of the Snells Beach racket

Grant McLachlan

Jun 151 min read

Research

Unleashed - locations of the Snells Beach racket

Here are the locations mentioned in Unleashed relating to the Snells Beach racket.

Photo evidence thwarts farcical prosecution.

Grant McLachlan

Feb 95 min read

Press Release

Photo evidence thwarts farcical prosecution.

"If Mr McLachlan hadn't taken those four photos, would anyone even consider his version of events?" - Tudor Clee, R v McLachlan

The 'unknowns' that will decide this election

Grant McLachlan

Sep 23, 20233 min read

Column

The 'unknowns' that will decide this election

Many politicians have said, “The only poll that matters is election day.” What polls don’t consider could decide this election.

Grant McLachlan

Sep 20, 20234 min read

Otago Daily Times

How much of our culture is contrived?

Is our changing culture making us any the wiser Grant McLachlan asks.

Lakes Weekly Bulletin

Sep 12, 20233 min read

Lakes Weekly Bulletin

Short film to be shot in Queenstown

Internationally published researcher and writer Grant McLachlan has adopted Queenstown as the location to produce several film projects.

Grant McLachlan

Feb 19, 20233 min read

Column

Signs that voters want change

One sign that voters want change is when they don’t take the government seriously. A sure sign is when authorities won’t enforce those laws.

Grant McLachlan

Sep 27, 20222 min read

Feature

The importance of heritage

The Auckland Heritage Festival 2022 between 1-16 October, theme is ‘Topography, Taonga and Trailblazers.’

Grant McLachlan

Aug 31, 20221 min read

PRO BONO

Warkworth Golf Club aerial graphics

I was asked by the Warkworth Golf Club to aerial map their course. I discovered that my drone could do a lot more than that.

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