1877: Dusky Sound Docherty
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
William Docherty was a hermit explorer of Fiordland from arriving in 1875 to his death in 1896. He was one of those Seekers seldom rewarded by the wealth they seek. Docherty’s kind were useful to New Zealand frontier society as self-contained and highly efficient search engines looking for resources to benefit our society. As a […]
Read more..July 27, 2019
1917: Don Buck’s Gumdigger Camp Scrapped
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
August 5th, 1917: The notorious four-year era of West Auckland’s drunken fronter camp died with the man it was named after: Don Buck. Both of these images show the foot of Don Buck Hill, start of Don Buck Road, bridge over Don Buck Creek; 1978 and now. Not a great deal of change over these […]
Read more..July 26, 2019
“Storm X, they can’t stop us all”
By NZB3
So here’s clear meme signal that our mainstream culture needle is set to Slave. The initial “Storm Area 51, they can’t stop us all” impulse has morphed in the last few days to four other iterations that I’ve been able to easily find. And that’s just New Zealand! What the hell does it all mean? […]
Read more..July 26, 2019
Honour Culture Dispute Resolution
By NZB3
You know my secret hack for thinking about personality, history, and culture. If you have not been reading along then here is a quick reminder before we get to the story of the Samoan toilet fight… Honour Culture: Perceive problems as personal and solve them personally. Hands on. Warrior culture. Constant concern for their reputation […]
Read more..July 25, 2019
Phallic Worship
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Why do contemporary Māori give their carvings extraordinary phalluses? Is this a profane over-exposure signal designed to mark visual territory and offend? Is it part of a religious tradition being continued or a recent invention? As mentioned in previous post, tapu taboo actively ensured that Maori artefacts and treasures would not be preserved and passed […]
Read more..July 24, 2019
Why The Left Doesn’t Give A Shit About Drug Law Reform, Gun Rights or Free Speech
By VJM
For many of us in Generation X, it was easy enough to associate the right with authoritarianism. The association was so obvious that it was near enough to a universally held belief for those born between the mid 60s and early 80s. As this essay will describe, the sands have shifted under us, and the […]
Read more..July 24, 2019
My Belief in The Supreme Being
By VJM
In very simple terms, my belief is that the supreme being is one that not only knows all but understands all, as to simply know is not enough. While my belief in the supreme being is somewhat my own thing the closest person that comes to mind is Thoth the Atlantean who was hailed in […]
Read more..July 23, 2019
Oh No, Anarchists!
By NZB3
Fairly on the mark, although the esteemed cartoonist has a different bent on property relations. How can a true anarchist insist that others abolish property per se? You try it your way, let others run society their way, and we’ll see who pisses off Elon Musk first.* — * Existential Comics has been picking fights […]
Read more..July 23, 2019
1940s: Defend New Zealand: Christchurch vs Auckland
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Defend New Zealand: Christchurch vs Auckland “Here, the sons of a race only two or three generations removed from a neolithic people, handle rifles and automatic weapons with almost affectionate care.” “I saw him doing things with a tommy-gun which would give a Chicago plug-ugly the horrors…For the photographer he went into a wildly whooping […]
Read more..July 23, 2019
Is New Zealand Now A Police State?
By VJM
The Great New Zealand Chimpout appears to now be a permanent state of affairs, as the Sixth Labour Government has doubled down on its suppression of free speech. Far from once having been the world’s leader in human rights, things are now worse than anyone could have thought possible. This essay asks – is New […]
Read more..July 22, 2019
The Alt-Centrist Response To Increasing Polarisation
By VJM
No-one is in any doubt that political polarisation is increasing all across the Western World. The centre seems to be collapsing in every Western country, with the extremes of both the left and the right gaining in power. This essay describes the alt-centrist response to this increasingly apparent phenomenon. Although America is usually given as […]
Read more..July 21, 2019
1980: Moscow Olympics
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 19 July 1980, the Moscow Olympics opened for business. New Zealand officially snubbed the Games for the competing event, the Liberty Bell Classic. Westerners weren’t cool with the Commies invading Afghanistan. The Yanks gave Osama bin Laden a very particular set of skills. Rambo pitched in. Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand […]
Read more..July 20, 2019
