

Savage is about Danny's search for belonging and connection, and explores the notion of family. Together the three chapters combine to create a deeper lock at a boy who grows up to become the brutal enforcer of a gang to understand how he got there.

Inspired by stories from New Zealand's boys homes and the early history of our gangs, SAVAGE follows Danny across 3 different ages at important junctures that push and pull him towards and away from gang life.Įach chapter of Danny's life is a complete short story set in a defining time for NZ gangs - from the abusive state-run boy's homes of the sixties to the emerging urban gang scene in the seventies where disenfranchised teenagers created their own families on the streets to the eighties when gangs became more structured, criminal, and violent.
