Dinosaur Media Self-Hugs
By NZB3
Have been amused by the Legacy Media giving itself a big hug both here and in Australia. Winston Peters dropped a bit of a threat on Radio New Zealand, the State broadcaster, which has circled the mainstream media wagons. How dare he? You might not think ‘journalists’ would mind if the super Woke and taxpayer […]
Read more..April 24, 2025
End of the Line
By NZB3
A parody song of Donald Trump singing the Allman Brothers’ End of the Line… Easter amusement, hope you might enjoy it. And watch for the cameos of the 3 Democrat opponents Trump defeated. How did this come about? I wrote a script that compressed some music accidentally. This is my way of avoiding music services […]
Read more..April 23, 2025
Dead at the moment?
By NZB3
For goodness sake Michelle Langstone will you give it a rest? Going on and on about how your dad died back in 2018 has produced various ‘lifestyle’ articles for woman’s magazines etc. and even a book: Times Like These: On grief, hope & remarkable love by Michelle Langstone (2021) When will this Weekend at Bernie’s […]
Read more..April 22, 2025
1882: Dye’s Slaughterhouse
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Dye’s Slaughterhouse, Kaukapakapa. Est. c.1882. An iconic road-side feature on SHW16….has now fallen. Cyclone Tam’s remnants in April 2025 took it out at long last after over 140 years. Back in the 1860s and 1870s the way to get stock in and out of the district was by accessing the Kaipara Harbour. It was once […]
Read more..April 18, 2025
Admin please delete if not allowed
By NZB3
“Admin please delete if not allowed” Also known as: I can’t be bothered learning the rules I already agreed to and evidently didn’t think about when I did so. Figuring out if those rules apply now is work I’d like to unload onto someone else. I’m aware of a probability that it’s not OK for […]
Read more..April 18, 2025
1916: St George’s Bay
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
An early aerial shot of Auckland Central from 1916, taken from a New Zealand Flying School aircraft. The harbor dredge is in the foreground of what was St George’s Bay. It has been reclaimed from the sea but was named after George Cooper, Hobson’s taxman. Behind we can see Albert Park (walled off?) and the […]
Read more..April 17, 2025
1817: Tohunga Jack
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand, by 1867, was out of its pioneering era and into a new time period AHNZ calls the Colonial Saeculum. There was a Crisis due to the withdrawal of the Gold Rushes and Maori Wars that we had now come out on the other side of. For now we were doing well as a […]
Read more..April 14, 2025
1893: Christchurch Savage Club
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Christchurch Savage Club dates from 13 April 1893. A colonial off-shoot of the London Savage Club founded in 1857 by a group of authors, journalists and artists. A male social entertainment club for those with an interest in literature, music and art. However, this gentleman’s club was very different in that they were not […]
Read more..April 13, 2025
Defence Chief’s Winning Jab
By NZB3
Look like the jury’s in, so to speak, on the limits to what Defence command can make their soldiers do to their own bodies. No limit. Sign up for the New Zealand Defence Force and they own you down to the cellular level… “The Chief of Defence’s right to require members have Covid-19 vaccinations has […]
Read more..April 12, 2025
1965: V-Jet Day
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 10 April, 1965, New Zealand entered the international V-Jet air cargo network. Scheduled jet services now ran with Qantas Empire Airways between Christchurch and Sydney using the Boeing 707. We called it “V-Jet Day.” “Commanded by Captain “Torchy” Uren and crewed by Kiwis Bob Bishop, Alan Williams, and Alan Gill, as well […]
Read more..April 10, 2025
1809: Te Pahi’s Rebuke
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Te Pahi, a Ngapuhi Chief has a fairly good reputation in early relations between the colony of New South Wales and New Zealand. He had been an honored guest in Governor Philip King’s house in Sydney over 3 months. His son, Matara, visited England in 1809 and met King George III. Samuel Marsden’s mission also […]
Read more..April 2, 2025
1965: TEAL Tiki
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 1 April, 1965, Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) changed its name to Air New Zealand. These plastic Maori tikis used to be in high circulation decades ago, sort of like the little Pizza Hut pencils used to be. I think I just figured out where they came from after all these years […]
Read more..April 1, 2025
