Submissions
By NZB3
I’ve had an interesting back-and-forth with Reality Check Radio’s Facebook page admin about the merits of making submissions to government Select Committees. It applies to participating in State Democracy Theatre in all respects too and in that I certainly include elections. On Friday they posted; “LAST CHANCE: Gene Technology Bill feedback closes MONDAY! Maree just […]
Read more..February 17, 2025
Deathbed Anarchist Confessions
By NZB3
An old Labour 3.0 and 4.0 politician died earlier in the year, Russell Marshall. This bit jumped out at me… “Mr Marshall had grown disillusioned with politics, saying that he found that much of what happened in Parliament was little more than a charade.” – Otago Daily Times (15 February, 2025) The Statists often say […]
Read more..February 15, 2025
1989: Palmer’s Trumpet
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Mike Moore became the last Prime Minister of Labour 4.0 for about five minutes, “but it was the most interesting five minutes imaginable.” wrote Jane Clifton. Moore accurately, it was 4 September until 2 November, 1990. In September 1989 new PM Geoffrey Palmer was literally blowing his own trumpet and clearly signalling he wanted to […]
Read more..February 12, 2025
1984: New Zealand Bird Rescue
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust (est 1984) changed its name in 2022 to BirdCare Aotearoa on 19 July, 2022¹. This, of course, was in the thick of our Aotearoa New Zealand Culture history era. During this period everything in our culture and heritage without very deep roots was blown away in the Winds of […]
Read more..February 9, 2025
Hostage Puppy
By NZB3
I wake up this morning to a dramatic headline from Three News: “…President Donald Trump’s decision to gut the humanitarian agency, USAID. It comes as the United Nations warned millions of people would die if the funding was pulled as planned.” You can watch the full clip on their site here. Or, I’ve clipped it […]
Read more..February 9, 2025
1997: The Raurimu Massacre
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 8 February, 1997: The Raurimu Massacre. Rampage with a 12-gauge shotgun killing six people and wounding four. A bloody Waitangi long weekend. Steve Anderson had been a Generation X dental technician before having a psychotic break and put in government care. Despite of, and because of, government (police, mental health) […]
Read more..February 8, 2025
Chinese Tiger Trouble
By NZB3
As the Trump Administration flexes in their hemisphere it seems that China is doing the same over here in ours. The USA has been insisting on more power and influence over the Panama and even making designs on Greenland and Canada (check out great Jordan Peterson’s take on that.) The Colombian President announced that his […]
Read more..February 8, 2025
“That tide has turned—or if it hasn’t yet, it’s turning.”
By NZB3
Well that’s an interesting admission to mark the ending of what I call ‘Aotearoa New Zealand Culture’. Mike Hosking said on his Newstalk ZB radio show this morning some words I wasn’t expecting. He, or one of his script-writers, put it quite well- the ‘currently cool’ SJW and Woke Virtue Signalling about all things “Māori” is […]
Read more..February 7, 2025
1978: Premiers Exhumed
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 7 February, 1978, three political ghosts of the past raised their heads from the grave. It had never been done before. The faces of Julius Vogel, George Grey, and Richard Seddon appeared on postage stamps issued by the government’s Post Office. This issue was a blatantly political act because 1979 […]
Read more..February 7, 2025
2008: Real Estate Authority
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Real Estate Authority was created by Helen Clark’s Labour 5.0 Ministry at the eve of the 2008 General Election. This Crown Entity replaced the old Real Estate Licensing Board. So, it’s basically a State-sponsored medieval guild organised to facilitate rent-seeking behavior in a lucrative industry. A hangover from Fortress New Zealand. It excludes free […]
Read more..February 5, 2025
1982: Kohanga Reo Movement
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Kohanga Reo Movement launched its first pre-schooler Maori immersion nursery in April 1982¹ at Wainuiomata. Like so many things that work and are relied upon in our Millennial era it was built by members of the Phoenix Generation. In Australian terms they are rightly called the Builder Generation and also, quite accurately, known as […]
Read more..February 3, 2025
Government’s Free Lunch
By NZB3
“This week, headline after headline bitched about the new ‘free’ school lunch programme. ” wrote Lindsay Mitchell yesterday. “School lunches are already well-catered for with $261.86 cash assistance. Parents are double-dipping.” So, this new solution makes no moral sense. It’s an example of the Amnesiac Samaritan principle where we have already solved a problem at […]
Read more..February 3, 2025
