“It was a scramble to put my nomination in”
By NZB3
And the Conflict of Interest Top Prize goes to….Labour politician Ayesha Verrall. As Labour 6.0 have a newly created Outstanding Achievement prize just for public servants perhaps they can award one to this political doctor? Because this is amazing… Verrall was already a Labour politician (Capital & Coast District Health Board) when contracted by Labour […]
Read more..June 16, 2020
1989: An Amalgamated Visage Lies
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
A warning sign (image left) over 30 years old still stands sentinel for a defunct Dannevirke Borough Council (1892-1989.) I discovered it still stuck to a municipal wall during a history walk around the town. Today that $50 would be about $200 if the bylaw were not but a ghost. “A REWARD OF $50 IS […]
Read more..June 15, 2020
1886: Mt Tarawera Exploded
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 10 June, 1886, Mt Tarawera exploded. Along with killing 150 people or more it either bulldozed or buried numerous settlements and villages along with the world famous Pink and White Terraces. The Terraces would have started out as a free market tourist attraction run by enterprising Maoris. Over time […]
Read more..June 10, 2020
1901: Royal Archway of Dead Sheep
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 10 June, 1901, the heir to the throne of New Zealand visited our country on a Royal Tour. Future King Geoge V and his wife were greeted by a number of wonderful archways their route passed through. The stand-out one for me is the once in Christchurch composed of mutton carcasses suspended […]
Read more..June 9, 2020
1895: Mount Cook Hermitage Nationalised
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in the Anarchist History of New Zealand, 7 June, 1895, it was announced over the media wire that the Mount Cook Hermitage had been nationalised by the Liberals. Richard Seddon’s Government was now in the hotel business, having decided not only that the private owners were not up to running this alpine attraction but […]
Read more..June 8, 2020
Policemen are not Retailers
By NZB3
There is an understandable confusion, an amnesia really, that has persisted for well over a generation now. Western Culture has forgotten that our political system relies on control backed by the use of deadly force. If you don’t pay your taxes and resist to the end then, eventually, you’ll be shot. We are still a […]
Read more..June 8, 2020
“Anarchism is a joke”
By NZB3
“Anarchism is a joke,” or Conversation with a New Conservative Voter… A guide to debate. Some empathy (has this happened to you?) And, a bit of insight into the sorts of friends you can make by voting for the New Conservative political party… NZB3: Oh, you thought Labour 6.0 were interested in the good of […]
Read more..June 7, 2020
1863: Just Chillin’ on the Waikato Fronteir
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This scene (left) from the Waikato Wars shows Lt. Henry Bates and his Maori wife, Haana. Behind them is another officer, Urquhart, who we have to thank for saving photos like this in his collection. On the right is the photographer himself, Dr William Temple, whose day job was surgeon and who would soon win […]
Read more..June 7, 2020
1885: The Aryan Maori
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Aryan Maori (1885) has come to be a book dismissed out of hand. The premise of the author, Edward Tregear, was that Maori were migrants from Aryan stock who had a previous home around India. Tregear made a case that was seriously considered in his day but dismissed in our time completely. Why? The […]
Read more..June 5, 2020
1878: Maori Land Court Ruckus in Maketu
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 4 June, 1878: A bad day at the Maori Land Court in Maketu for Judge Theophilus Heale. Heale, by the 1870s, had diminished in his role in the New Zealand state. Earlier in our history, Heale was the captain of the Aurora- the first settler ship of the New Zealand […]
Read more..June 4, 2020
Protection for First Responders Bill
By NZB3
The ‘Protection for First Responders Bill’ is an abhorrent pulling apart by The State of some of the vestiges of Kiwi citizenship. Rather than being equal before the law, it elevates certain government workers above others so that it will be more of an offence to hurt them than a mere citizen. The premise is […]
Read more..June 3, 2020
1866: “Did you think I was a banker?”
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 28 May, 1866, George Dobson was murdered on the soil that would one day become the town named in his memory: Dobson. Today, near to the spot, is a 1870s monument this Canterbury Pilgrim who died in his province’s service a month short of what would have been his 27th […]
Read more..June 1, 2020
