Anarchist History of New Zealand interviewed on radio Bfm
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Anarchist History of New Zealand interviewed on radio Bfm Laura Kvigstad, producer for Auckland University’s Bfm The Wire, sent me a message out of the blue this morning asking for an interview. Way nicer than Oliver Driver or Radio Active were back in the day, our Q&A will be at about 12.30pm today. You […]
Read more..November 5, 2018
How A New Zealand Nazi Party Could Eliminate All Competition Through Existing Mechanisms
By VJM
Suprisingly few understand that Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party came to power by winning democratic elections. Fewer still understand that the subsequent march from liberty to totalitarianism was made in a small number of entirely legal steps. This essay suggests something original: that a New Zealand equivalent of the German Nazi Party could assume dictatorial powers […]
Read more..November 5, 2018
1881: Bloodless End to the Affair at Parihaka
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history: 5 November, 1881: ‘Members of the Armed Constabulary preparing for the march on Parihaka’ The Parihaka terrorist cult had been building for about 14 years and was becoming a serious danger. The New Zealand Parliament was called early in 1880 to try to solve the growing crisis. Finally, in November 1881, the armed […]
Read more..November 5, 2018
Muttonbirders’ Customary Rights Under Threat
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
When I was a school kid our teacher read a story out of the School Journal about Muttonbirders. I’ve never forgotten the story these few families have just from that one time reading. This gathering and preparation activity is their unique anchor to their territory and extended family at a time when so many communities are […]
Read more..November 4, 2018
1879: Parihaka Cult sends in The Ploughmen
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Activist arm of the Parihaka Cult c23 June, 1879, Activist arm of the Parihaka Cult, The Ploughmen, terrorise Taranaki settlers. They literally plough disputed land, and beyond it into settler’s crown grant land. The first to be affected was The Waipapa homestead of James Livingston and family. It must have scared the hell out of […]
Read more..November 3, 2018
Kaiapoi Customary Rights Torn Up
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Illegal structures along the Cam River in North Canterbury will be targeted in a pilot project aimed to improve safety.- Stuff Common Law and Customary Rights are not for the people of Kaiapoi then. These structures have been used since settlement but it takes the current wave of PC to smash ’em. The Environment Canterbury (ECan) […]
Read more..November 2, 2018
The Children of Parihaka (2012)
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Parihaka incident occurred on 5 November 1891. Considering it was a State police action it was humanely and patiently carried out and something for which New Zealanders can be proud. It is not remembered that way at all… “Today in 1881 saw an attack on a pacifist settlement at Parihaka, revisited in documentary Tatarakihi […]
Read more..November 2, 2018
Maoris and Human Waste
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Right now, waste water is discharged into Akaroa Harbour but the legal consent to do so expires in 2020 and may not be granted again. The “Environment Court ruling confirmed that Maori sensitivities..means the whole of Banks Peninsula is having to rethink its sewage systems.”- Stuff Are we to suppose that stone age Maori deliberately refrained […]
Read more..November 1, 2018
