Cultural Hygiene
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
COVID-19 or not, influenza-like illness was bound to hit NZ this cold and flu season and fall heaviest upon Maori and Pacific people. Based on history, we can expect 2020 to play out the same way. During the Edwardian and late-Victorian eras that founded New Zealand as a British colony certain values were strongly held. […]
Read more..March 31, 2020
“Will Covid-19 be used as an excuse to implement further state control?”
By NZB3
Question: “Will Covid-19 be used as an excuse to implement further state control?” You mean, continue to be used? First, The State said the Lock Down was to spare a Health System strain it would not bare. But then it turns out the load never came; We’re at 50% capacity when usually at 100%. Next, […]
Read more..March 31, 2020
NZB3: A Year in Review
By NZB3
It has been 12 months since this blog was activated and added to the suite of contributors to Anarkiwi. Some of the posts have been quite prescient as has already been shown by the passage of time. NZB3 is not afraid to be wrong so has no fear of issuing unambiguous predictions or judgements! Following […]
Read more..March 31, 2020
1912: Compulsory Military Camps
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This month in history, 108 years ago, March 1912: The first of the compulsory military camps. Thousands of boys (12yo+) will be prosecuted for not attending them. Premier Ward hopes public will understand that teenagers are not being sent to jail for refusing to train but for refusing to pay their fines as per The […]
Read more..March 30, 2020
Slum Surveillance
By NZB3
New Zealand’s history is the history of slum housing. In general, a Liberal/Labour Government builds slums and then a National Government knocks them down. For example, Central Government built State Houses in 1905 (Liberals) and 1937 (Labour 1.0.) Unowned, there is no incentive to look after the non-properties so they usually degenerate into slums. A National […]
Read more..March 30, 2020
COVID-19
By NZB3
Lately everything I do seems to explode and burn down the moment I turn my back on it. The walls are coming down, sometimes with moments to spare. It’s like some movie cliche where the the good guys casually stride away without looking at the explosion happening in the place they stood moments before. Let […]
Read more..March 29, 2020
1951: Lock Out vs Lock Down
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Labour 6.0 have resolved to respond to the COVID virus with central planning and emergency powers. Interesting to look back to the last time this happened (apart from 2011 quakes) which was with National 1.0 in 1951… “Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis says with the Government’s declaration of a state of emergency and […]
Read more..March 28, 2020
1940: Savage Death
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 27 March, 1940, the death of New Zealand Prime Minister Michael J Savage (69yo) in office during the early hours of the morning. This brought the Labour Party Conference being held in Wellington to a shocking end. Usually depicted as the gentle Uncle Fluffy with a bag of ‘Doctor Who’ […]
Read more..March 27, 2020
1935: Pickering Follows Cosmic Rainbow Home to New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
William Pickering, who died yesterday in history (b. 24/12/1910, d. 15/3/2004) was “New Zealand’s greatest gift to America.” Like fellow physicist Ernest Rutherford, Bill was also from Havelock in Marlborough. When Bill’s father started at Havelock School, Rutherford was already a student there. Young Bill’s pathway led him from New Zealand to gain his PhD […]
Read more..March 16, 2020
Greenstone Takeaway
By NZB3
The day after I took this photo in Hokitika there was a theft nearby. The German guy who sells Thai food to the international tourists (go figure) by the beach had his greenstone menu-holder stolen and wants people to know… “Today we had a nice Lady, she came with an old Man and she steal […]
Read more..March 13, 2020
1889: Te Kooti- Sainted Old Santa?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 4 March, 1889, Te Kooti was released from Mt Eden Jail to make his return to the Waikato. The old Maori ‘terrorist’ has lately caused a crisis on the threshold of Poverty Bay (Gisborne.) Some of his followers clearly wanted him back to the place of his birth but many […]
Read more..March 4, 2020
Another Trained Racist
By NZB3
Like Auckland and other centres, Wellington’s Metlink contrives to pay their skilled staff less than New Zealanders are willing to be paid by importing immigrant workers. No wonder they keep going on and on about diversity and anti-racism! It’s branding, self-preservation. (This is also why Auckland’s bus services are on strike today. The migrants brought […]
Read more..March 3, 2020
