Gangster's Paradise

The much anticipated follow-up to the bestseller that exposed the escalation of organised crime in New Zealand. Gangster’s Paradise is about drugs, guns, gangs and money. Lots of money.

A gang which took over a small rural town. A police officer shot and killed in a routine traffic stop. A port-worker who helped a gang whisk a shipping container off a wharf in the middle of the night. A crew of corrupt baggage handlers smuggling meth into the country during Covid lockdowns. A shooting inside a 5-star hotel in broad daylight. Turf wars, retaliation, and retribution: new gangs like the Mongols and Comancheros have brought with them better connections with international syndicates, challenging the established gangs like the Head Hunters – so dominant for many years – who have had to up their game in response.

Jared Savage’s bestselling book Gangland was about the evolution of gangs in New Zealand. Gangster’s Paradise is about the deadly escalation.

Author Biography

Jared Savage is an investigative reporter for the New Zealand Herald who has won more than a dozen journalism national and international journalism awards, including twice being named as the best reporter in the country. He lives in Tauranga with his wife and two young children.