3-Year Ghost Hunt Ends in Kaiapoi
By NZB3
Well I hope these studious and thorough consultants didn’t get paid too much. And, that they at least made some pretence of walking around with survey equipment to earn this pay cheque. An ongoing headache for residents living in Kaiapoi’s Silverstream development is finally over after the Waimakariri District Council confirmed their houses are protected from flooding […]
Read more..July 4, 2019
1972: The Scatter Hypothesis
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Scatter Hypothesis was minted by Austin Mitchell to explain what he observed about New Zealanders… ‘Historically, New Zealand social groups have been scattered. Separated by, say, several acres between homes. Their acquaintance wide and shallow, not deep. Their skill is in being pleasant and concealing what little diversity they may have. Killing any intimacy […]
Read more..July 3, 2019
1877: The Education Act
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Things were going fairly well in New Zealand. Well, we couldn’t have that could we? So, the 1877 Education Act seized schools for The State. Compulsory and free and secular education, they say. As usual, the words mainstream history consider validating are the same ones Anarchist History identifies as evil incarnate! “It was free only […]
Read more..July 2, 2019
A Woman’s Privilege to Avoid Prison
By NZB3
Government Ministry for Children Specialist unrepentant about her sexual assault on another woman last year. The female social worker was able to use her woman’s privilege before the law to avoid being imprisoned as a sex criminal. “Judge says a man who committed the same crime would probably have gone to prison.” Tell me more […]
Read more..July 2, 2019
21st Century Masculinity
By VJM
To say that the world is suffering a crisis of masculinity is an understatement. The kind of man who Doug Stanhope once described as a “half-faggot” is now a majority. Our old models of what it means to be masculine have to be updated for the fact that we live in a high-technology age of […]
Read more..July 1, 2019
2001: Matariki
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Council of Wellington cancelled Guy Fawkes Night, replacing it with Matariki in 2017. The first time out, last year, 2018, the Maori God Tangaroa sent a great tohora into the harbour that prevented it. This year, 2019, the Maori God Tawhirimatea sent strong winds to blow through the city, again postponing Matariki fireworks… “The […]
Read more..July 1, 2019
