Between Two Beers • 31 August 2025

NZ’s Top Crime Reporter, Jared Savage: Gangs, Drugs & New Zealand’s Underbelly

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Award-winning investigative journalist Jared Savage has spent 15+ years on New Zealand’s crime frontlines - covering everything from the rise of meth and Mexican cartels, to patched gangs, political scandals, and the country’s biggest criminal trials.

In this episode we go deep on Savage’s reporting - the brutal realities of the meth trade, how gangs built multi-million dollar drug empires, and the international pipelines flooding New Zealand with narcotics.

Savage also lifts the lid on the hidden connections between politics, money, and organised crime.

If you’ve ever wondered how gangs really operate in NZ, what role overseas cartels play, or what it takes to expose corruption at the highest levels - this conversation is essential listening.

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