About Paragon

With branch offices nationwide and a team of dozens of former police or military special force officers, Paragon is the largest commercial private investigation firm in New Zealand.  

The principals Dan Thompson and Ron McQuilter, were among the first private investigators to begin work in New Zealand in the 80's.

Dan left the New Zealand Police force in the late seventies. His time with the Otahuhu Police saw him with arguably more arrests than any other officer at that time.

Ron has served in the Strathclyde Police. In 1982 he fell in love with a girl from Tauranga and together they travelled to New Zealand in 1983. Within one month Ron was working as a private investigator in Auckland. He quickly gained an impressive client base, many of which remain clients and friends to this day.

Dan and Ron first became business partners in 1986 and Dan's son Danny learned much of his craft working alongside. The synergy is obvious.