1937: No. 75 Squadron
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 15 March, 1937, No. 75 Squadron was reformed by the Royal Air Force. New Zealand poured her men and resources into this British squadron from an early date. On 1 October 1946 this Kiwi squadron was transferred to the New Zealand Royal Airforce. Not just the people and equipment but the title and regalia […]
Read more..March 14, 2022
Playing Media Dodgeball
By NZB3
This headline is fake: ‘PM Jacinda Ardern has filled to have Ryan Bridge banned from all major platforms, and rejects any further interviews with the reporter.’ Someone with such a thick Old Kiwi accent as to pronounce, and therefore phonetically spell, “failed” as ‘filled’ apparently worked it up on their PC then took a photo […]
Read more..March 13, 2022
1965: Liesure Island
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
‘Leisure Island’ was established at Mt Maunganui in 1965 on Moturiki Island. Latter (1981) named Mt Maunganui Marineland, there were swimming pools, bumper boats and water slides. It was home to a zoo of sea animals: seals and dolphins and penguins. Moturiki had otherwise been an abandoned rock quarry and even further back in the […]
Read more..March 11, 2022
1955: Opo
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 9 March, 1956, the dolphin idolised by New Zealand was found dead in a tidal rock pool. During that Atomic Age summer of 1955/56 she was a big deal to New Zealand as well as to the wider world. By rigorous consistency, this Opononui visitor had the same naming system applied to […]
Read more..March 7, 2022
1913: Maori Man Applies to be Europeanised
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 4 March, 1913, the 25 year old Rangi Kerehema said he didn’t want to be a Maori any more. Rangi applied to the Earl of Liverpool, the last man to hold the office of Governor of New Zealand, to declare him a European. The possibility of such a thing had […]
Read more..March 4, 2022
1979: From Sofinsky to Putin
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Back in December 1979 Communists were caught red-handed tampering with New Zealand elections. The Security Intelligence Service observed the Soviet Ambassador, Vasevolod Sofinsky, covertly passing large sums of money to the local Socialist Unity Party (SUP.) Prime Minister Rob Muldoon (National 3.0) responded to the Sofinsky Affair by booting the Ruskie out of New Zealand. […]
Read more..March 3, 2022
“Feels Imported”
By NZB3
The Law of The State went through a messy divorce with Justice when our country was young and have been fighting for custody ever since.1 As this found meme shows, we have the Revolt vs. The Police. One side was given the benefit of a High Court Judgement declared the Mandate illegal in their case. […]
Read more..March 3, 2022
February Revolt Put Down Today
By NZB3
It will be a surprise to no Anarkiwi that The State does not draw the line at denegrating, expelling, controlling, firing, excluding, sabotaging, and threatening New Zealanders as a means of control. Today the Wellington Rebellion was put down by brute force. It was a great mistake. Until now a tacit social contract has been […]
Read more..March 2, 2022
1982: Edgecumbe
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 2 March, 1987, at 1:43pm, a mighty 6.3 earthquake shook Edgecumbe. According to historian Matthew Wright the quake caught the young generation off-guard. Big quakes like this are regular in New Zealand but not so regular within the scope of single generation’s focus. To appreciate how shaky our ground is […]
Read more..March 2, 2022
1866: Charleston
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Rome wasn’t build in a day but New Zealand’s Gold Rush towns were But Rome was made to last a long time before fading away wheres places like Charleston (est. 1866) were quick to rise and then burn out. A recently shared article from 1956 points out that the town had 12,000 people and 80 […]
Read more..March 1, 2022
Farmers Need Fitness Training?
By NZB3
The hell do country New Zelanders need fitness training for? Exercise of a productive and natural variety is already vertically integrated into rural life. Who needs to run on a hamster wheel or lift consumer-grade weights up and down who lugs sacks of feed and chases sheep? Rural Life must’ve got paid well to run […]
Read more..March 1, 2022
