NEW ZEALAND BOOKS
A Rebel in Exile: The Extraordinary Story of Shane “Kiwi” Martin and His Battle to Return to his Home and Family
Jarrod Gilbert & Shane Martin (Hardie Grant Books, $35)
Shane Martin’s story – told here by Canterbury University sociologist and gang researcher Jarrod Gilbert – suggests Australia’s self-proclaimed enthusiasm for larrikins doesn’t go very far. Deported from Australia, he is a New Zealander trapped in his own country. Although born and raised here, Australia has been his home for decades. That is where he began a family and a business, and became a member of the Rebels motorcycle gang.
His deportation, on the evidence here, is not just a case of systemic injustice but of individual animosity
