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
GDP and the Mayor: None So Blind
By NZB3
There are none so blind as those who will not see. While discussing Doughnut Economics with Neil Holdom (New Plymouth District Mayor) earlier this became very clear. Neil recognises that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a poor measure of economic prosperity. He welcomed Kate Raworth’s ‘Doughnut’ criticisms earlier this month as a step in the right […]
Read more..May 26, 2019
Good Honest Chocolate
By NZB3
Anarchy is better for chocolate; Chocolate is better for Anarchy… Post syndicated from http://NZB3.anarkiwi.co.nz/2019/05/26/good-honest-chocolate/.
Read more..May 26, 2019
1820s: The Musket Junkie Wars
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
What a massive transformative, destructive, change to New Zealand it was to introduce the musket. We understand substance abuse in terms of drugs, where individuals neglect all social fabric and livelihood, all industry and morals, clamouring for their hit. Without the performance enhancing steroids of muskets the New Zealander truly would not be able to […]
Read more..May 25, 2019
