2019: “Share a Coke with Whānau”
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In November 2019 the Cocacola company were slammed in the media for marketing their product to Maoris. Other brands must make sure in future to employ or pay off credentialed cultural advisors to avoid the same backlash. The New Zealand Dental Association said Maoris should not be told about Coke because they had enough problems. […]
Read more..September 15, 2023
1901: Nationalised Nurses
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 12 September, 1901, New Zealand nationalised nurses. We were the first country in the world to have The State take control of nursing. This was ‘Boer War Honour Culture’ times. We were quite authoritarian, quite militant. Compulsory military training and buying battleships for Britain happened in the same era. Even the popular […]
Read more..September 12, 2023
1954: Christchurch’s Last Tram
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 11 September, 1954, Christchurch ran its last tram (that is, until a reboot of a heritage tram line in 1995.) These electric trams had served and transformed Christchurch since 1905 so were given a big farewell. The last tram was driven by the Mayor Robert Macfarlane and completed its last run at […]
Read more..September 11, 2023
1835: Chatham Islands Anschluss
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Austrian Anschluss of 12 March, 1938, has ominous parallels with the Chatham Islands Anschluss of 18 November, 1835. This German word, anschluss, is the history term for a people with such a toxic level of the Personality Trait of Agreeableness as to give up their sovereign territory. The 1930s Austrians and 1830s Moriori both […]
Read more..September 10, 2023
Barry Called Her A “Black Bitch!”
By NZB3
Evidently Dunedin City is not free of the Social Crisis that is literally unraveling the Western World right now. Of course not. We don’t talk about fixing bridges or saving lives or curing disease or winning wars these days- It’s all about the battle for Rightful Conduct. Dunedin City Council Deputy Mayor Sophie Barker (who […]
Read more..September 10, 2023
“There was no compulsory vaccination”
By NZB3
“There was no compulsory vaccination, people made their own choices,” said Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (again) this week. Ref. Rumble This sparked fury and has been repeated all over the alternative media but not, of course, in the mainstream media. Why would he “poke the bear” like that in the election campaign? These words have […]
Read more..September 7, 2023
1995: John Britten
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 5 September, 1995, the death of John Britten. The outside-the-box Hippy-Boomer Cantabrian was born out of a crucible of an unhappy family. He was guided by his West Coast Uncles, bankrolled by his wealthy mother, and motivated by his father’s shame. Workoholic and ‘active relaxer’, John funneled his immense creativity though a […]
Read more..September 5, 2023
That Wasn’t Real Communism
By NZB3
Communists keep defending their faith by saying “that wasn’t real Communism.” Even preemptively, sometimes. Always, they think their own Communism is real and true and will work no matter how many times they are confronted by the deadly and failed attempts in the past. I understand now that it’s their Hobbesian view of human nature […]
Read more..September 4, 2023
1960s: Richard Scarry’s New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Richard Scarry’s (1919-1994) books were the stuff of what Generation X children grew up with in New Zealand. Anthropomorphic animals heavily populated busy towns full of activities, buildings, workplaces, and vehicles. The books depict Western Civilisation during a booming culture phase of full employment and a bustling economy. Christmas. Nuclear families. Cooperation. Wealth. Cowboys and […]
Read more..September 4, 2023
Anaphase: I Wanted To Cry But I Didn’t
By NZB3
Little Critter children’s books are a fixture of Generation X youth¹ written and illustrated by Mercer Mayer from 1975 to 2015. Like the earlier Richard Scarry books, Mayer’s are self-illustrated anthropomorphic animals with easy to read text for beginners. Both men produced through Little Golden Books (est.1942) which were a prolific series in the West […]
Read more..September 3, 2023
1950: Christchurch International Airport
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Christchurch Airport became New Zealand’s “first” international airport officially on 18 December, 1950¹. This was handy timing for Canterbury’s 100th year and the Centennial Games ( 26 December 1950 to 3 January 1951.) The Cantabrians welcomed international athletes. Our very own one-off version of the Olympics or Commonwealth Games and the precursor to the 1974 Olympics […]
Read more..September 2, 2023
1992: NZBS
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Sometimes you might wish there were just one wretched source for the trouble New Zealand is in. Not just the imps and monsters, jokers and liars, spinners and deceivers but the dragon’s cave they hatch out of in the first place. Blow it up. Burn it down! Smash their cathedrals, confiscate their microphones and storyboards. […]
Read more..September 1, 2023
