1832: Siege of Otaka
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Taranaki Maori faced the greatest apocalyptic disaster in their history over the fighting season of 1831/2. Their old enemy from the north, the Waikato Maoris, were on the war path again. This time it would be for keeps. With no Ngati Toa allies in the south to protect them (Te Rauparaha had moved on) they […]
Read more..June 8, 2019
1903: Hokitika Town Clock
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This week in history: Hokitika, 3 June 1903, 1.05pm and 1.15pm: The unveiling of the new Hokitika Town Clock. Also a commemoration of the new King, Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (better change that name to Windsor before WW1 buck’o…). Especially, to me at least, it is a memorial to Premier Seddon’s bloody politicking by involving us in […]
Read more..June 7, 2019
1866: Te Kooti sent to Chatham Islands
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This week in history: 5 June 1866…. Nothing shows how adverse you are to your brother’s gang cult than associating with them, being taken into custody with them, constructing a new religion for them, leading them in a daring escape from an island prison, and murdering all the defenceless men, women, and children- Settler and […]
Read more..June 6, 2019
1861: Hauhau
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Te Ua Haumene, one of New Zealand’s greatest cult leaders. Founded the Hauhau in c.1861 which savagely attacked and slaughtered New Zealanders; Maoris and Settlers alike. Te Ua and other leaders were all ex-Wesleyan converts on the rebound. The theological result was a special fusion of Old Testament Judaism and the in-crisis remnants of the […]
Read more..June 6, 2019
Warrant of Fitness
By NZB3
Open Question from Offshore: What jurisdiction requires mechanical testing? Glad that’s not a thing where I’m from… Answer: Yeah, it’s a Regulatory Capture extortion game on the part of the warlords who rule my particular islands down here in the South Pacific. Along with this revenue stream they also collect a permission fee for me […]
Read more..June 5, 2019
Jesse Anderson
By NZB3
Jesse, I hear you died last Saturday on the first of the month by suicide. You will remember me from last July when I visited your Right Minds gathering at Point Chevalier. You gave a talk pathologising the Left, full of white board diagrams and ideas streaming out your notes in an exercise book. It […]
Read more..June 5, 2019
1962: Television Anarchy
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history: Television got going during June 1960. New Zealand television was held back by The State for 10 years or more. Even the Australians were up and running for years before Auckland’s Channel 2 (aka AKTV-2, aka 1YA) started doing more than experimenting. The UK and US were watching TV at home in the […]
Read more..June 4, 2019
Ardern Is Only In Power Because National Was Shit
By VJM
Numerous voices are bitching about the things that the Sixth Labour Government has done since seizing power. Persecution mania has ramped up to the point where many people feel personally aggrieved and targeted by the actions of Jacinda Ardern and her supporters. As this essay will show, the abuses of the Sixth Labour Government are […]
Read more..June 2, 2019
1925: Waitangi Oil Springs
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
I stumbled upon a series of photos showing oil feilds at Waitangi in the twenties. The University of Wisconsen has the pictures, taken by Frederick G Clap in 1925. Clapp was a American petroleum geologist. Because of my lack of experience in oil discovery I keep on relating this to The Ballad of Jed Clampett! […]
Read more..June 1, 2019
The Creeping Normalisation of Political Violence
By VJM
“Milkshaking” and “Egg Boy” are new terms in the popular mediascape, as minor political violence continues to become normalised. Both of these phrases refer to a spate of minor assaults on anti-Establishment politicians in Britain, Australia and elsewhere. This essay looks at how this phenomenon arose and where it might lead to. In 2002, the […]
Read more..May 28, 2019
1940: The National Savings Movement
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In November 1940 the so-branded ‘The National Savings Movement’ got its start in New Zealand. The New Zealand State was following the example of Britain (National Savings) and the USA (Defence Bonds/War Bonds.) Evidently Labour 1.0 was hard up for cash so they poured heaps of it into expensive promotional campaigns to extract more contributions […]
Read more..May 28, 2019
The 2020 General Election Will Be The Royal Rumble of New Zealand Elections
By VJM
Next year’s General Election is going to be the Royal Rumble of New Zealand elections. Everyone wants to play a part in it, but only one can win. It seems that every fortnight a new party casts its hat into the ring. Numbers man Dan McGlashan, author of Understanding New Zealand, explains the electoral ramifications […]
Read more..May 27, 2019
