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Unleashed

Sex, rackets & vigilantes in

New Zealand's most corrupted community.

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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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  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.

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Sparrow

A Chronicle of Defiance

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An epic account of The Sparrows

- Battle of Britain gunners who defended Timor​ ​​ as part of ​Sparrow Force in 1942.

 

It is the story of Charlie McLachlan's war: a triumph of stubborn Scottish defiance and laconic Aussie genius over the relentless violence of man and nature. Charlie survives and bears witness to some of the landmark days of World War II.

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