Grant McLachlan
Feb 74 min read
Has Queenstown exceeded capacity?
Queenstown risks destroying the very reason people visit the destination. With the sewerage plant overflowing, can it grow any further?
Grant McLachlan
Feb 622 min read
The serious crimes that Police won’t prosecute.
If the punishment is 14 years in prison, you’d think that Police would take the crime seriously, wouldn’t you?
Grant McLachlan
Feb 51 min read
Is Queenstown's "Road to Nowhere" a waste of money?
The Queenstown upgrade of Melbourne & Henry Streets has been heralded as a bypass of Queenstown's CBD. Was the $128m price tag worth it?
Grant McLachlan - Column
Feb 13 min read
Bird-brained council officials are dividing communities
Snells Beach encapsulates how a poor decision by elected officials spirals into overreach by unelected officials, wasting time and money.
Grant McLachlan
Jan 2916 min read
Submission to Auckland Council in response to proposals for the northern end of Snells Beach
Submissions to the Rodney Local Board of Auckland Council on the Proposals of Megan Young and dog access rules for Snells Beach.
Grant McLachlan - Column
Jan 287 min read
The Politics of Stupid
Oscar Wilde said: "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." In Snells Beach, life imitates the films Zoolander and Hot Fuzz.
Grant McLachlan
Dec 12, 202411 min read
Groundhog Day at New Zealand's worst intersection
New Zealand's worst intersection symbolises decades of vested interests and dirty politics dividing an increasingly irrelevant community.
Grant McLachlan
Oct 3, 20244 min read
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.
Grant McLachlan
Sep 25, 202417 min read
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.
1News
Sep 20, 20243 min read
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.
Grant McLachlan
Aug 12, 202429 min read
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 12, 202411 min read
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?
Grant McLachlan
Jul 28, 20242 min read
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.
Grant McLachlan
Jul 28, 20245 min read
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.
Grant McLachlan
Jul 28, 202411 min read
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 28, 20243 min read
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.
Grant McLachlan
Jul 28, 20247 min read
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 28, 20246 min read
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 16, 20240 min read
Rodney Office Holders 1998-
A list of mayors, councillors, and local board members for Rodney District and Auckland Councils.
Grant McLachlan
Jun 15, 20241 min read
Unleashed - locations of the Snells Beach racket
Here are the locations mentioned in Unleashed relating to the Snells Beach racket.
