{"product_id":"9781775541257","title":"Black Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eA memoir of a lifetime in New Zealand's most prominent gang \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eO'Reilly recounts becoming an activist and active member of the Black Power gang in the 1970s at the age of 19, the rise of gang culture in New Zealand, and how despite being Pakeha of Irish Catholic descent, he became a life member of a Māori gang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder Prime Minister Muldoon's government, O'Reilly became a senior bureaucrat and a personal friend to Muldoon. He arranged for 150 gang members to perform a haka at Muldoon's funeral in 1984. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an advocate for social justice, O'Reilly is regularly asked for comment on gang issues in the media. A protest t-shirt designed by O'Reilly in response to a proposed ban on gang patches in 2009 is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. In 2004 he allied with members of rival gang the Mongrel Mob to run a campaign against methamphetamine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Denis O'Reilly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68135362789525,"sku":"9781775541257","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781775541257.png?v=1793694435","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781775541257","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}