1975: TV2
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 30 June, 1975, TV2 first aired. This state-run television station branded and re-branded itself with new logos and new names in order best to find and keep its audience. TV2 has also called itself South Pacific Televion, Television 2, Network Two, and Channel 2. Digital TV (2007) met a 32 year old […]
Read more..June 30, 2021
1843: Ovis Aries Canterbury
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 17 June, 1843, the first sheep ever in Canterbury arrived from New South Wales. Canterbury and sheep turned out be a winning combination. “Pioneering Scottish brothers, operating as ‘W & J Deans’, landed 33 Merino sheep – as well as 41 heifers, 18 bullocks, 1 bull, 2 sows & 3 Clydesdales – […]
Read more..June 29, 2021
2003: Test the Nation
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
TV1 delivered a “National IQ Test” on the night of 30 June 2003. Hosed by Simon Dalow and Lana Coc-Kroft. The findings are of less interest to the Anarchist Historian as relative audacity of asking questions like these at all. Those of the Tasman/Nelson/Marlborough region were found to top the IQ score helped by Nelson […]
Read more..June 28, 2021
Bureaucracy Handbreak
By NZB3
Bureaucracy is an egregore all of its own. Whatever it’s task de facto, it metastasize to grow and preserve its primary cause: self-preservation. This is the reason successive governments re-brand their departments. In other words, all human action that has been politicised (ministerially departmentalised by statism) cannot be commanded or summoned only destroyed and […]
Read more..June 26, 2021
1922: Eskimo Pie
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand has had Eskimo Pies, unchanged, since about 1922. So nearly 100 years now. It took Millennial Victimhood Culture to end it. “ESKIMO PIE—A NEW- SWEET “Eskimo pie” is the invention of an ingenious confectioner, C. K. Nelson, who a few months ago presided over a small shop in an obscure town in lowa. […]
Read more..June 24, 2021
1869: Marton
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The town of Marton came by its name on 24 February, 1869, when its Settlers met to make the big decision. The other names that were not chosen were: York, Edinburgh, Carleton, Cokham, and Stafford after the Premier of the day. Marton was picked in remembrance to the centenary year of Captain James Cook first […]
Read more..June 23, 2021
Suffering vs Happiness
By NZB3
What is normal, suffering or happiness? Depends on what environment you live in. If you live as a slave then you ought to adapt yourself to suffering. By re-imagining failure and pain as normalised you can better withstand the abuse and intolerance heaped upon you without being overwhelmed or anxious all the time. By surviving […]
Read more..June 19, 2021
1863: New Zealand and the Pacific Slave Trade
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In the first week of June, 1863, New Zealand was involved in the Pacific Slave Trade according to Radio New Zealand’s advertisement for The Stolen Island: Searching for ‘Ata. It’s a bold claim from the 2016 book and author Scott Hamilton. For those with a ready affinity for White Guilt about colonial New Zealand no further […]
Read more..June 18, 2021
1814: A Verifiable Date For White Settlement in NZ
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
When did Westerners first settle in New Zealand? The question was put by an AHNZ reader: “Hi all, just wanted to know if you have a verifiable date for white settlement in NZ.” “I have tried to confirm this as family settled on both islands early, pre – 1855! And I think possibly earlier, however […]
Read more..June 17, 2021
1823: Seizure of Kapiti Island
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Te Rauparaha was a great visionary to see which way the wind was blowing for New Zealand. He made a big move down south to be the host to the whalers because by associating with them the Maori could tap in to great wealth and power and the rest of the world. This worked out […]
Read more..June 16, 2021
The Wokeavator
By NZB3
Rangimarie Te’evale-Hunt, one of our last batch of Millennial Generation kids, has used the usual Victimhood Culture means of production to get her needs met. Over a period of 2 years a government elevator’s voice has changed from English to Maori. I think talking elevators are for deaf people. (So now if you’re deaf you’ve […]
Read more..June 16, 2021
Woke Street Crash
By NZB3
Protest group School Strike 4 Climate Auckland have just thrown every other Climate Woke group under the bus by initiating, at long last, the awaited devaluation of Climate Change hysteria. Now the first domino has fallen, every other chapter of SS4C must scramble to disestablish itself too and for every hour they hesitate to do […]
Read more..June 15, 2021
