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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.

Sparrow

A Chronicle of Defiance

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.

Media Coverage

How National’s business model is ruining farming

Six parties debated in the dairy capital. Nobody named the thing killing the primary sector.

Column

Grant McLachlan

Sep 63 min read

Did New Zealand need AUKUS to become a target?

Professor Gehan Gunasekara warns that joining AUKUS Pillar II could turn Rocket Lab's Mahia site into a wartime target. That exposure already exists, with or without Pillar II, and that his China comparison tells only half the story.

Column

Grant McLachlan

Aug 313 min read

Is Rocket Lab a vehicle for US foreign policy in New Zealand?

A Kiwi rocket company launches from the world's most isolated coastline, but its money, its biggest customers, and increasingly its purpose, now come from the Pentagon.

Feature

Grant McLachlan

Aug 106 min read

Was New Zealand capitalism's soft underbelly?

China wrote down the industries it intended to dominate, then found a small, indebted trading partner willing to hand them over one contract at a time.

Research

Grant McLachlan

Aug 38 min read