1985: Free Market Honey
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
I don’t know when The State first took over honey in New Zealand. Never tried to find that out. If I had to guess I’d say the Liberals were to blame back in the 1890s. It’s the sort of dirty job Jock McKenzie would do. Well, it happened to honey just as most any other […]
Read more..May 15, 2019
Dial 105 for Nash
By NZB3
From one already serviceable existing phone crew to a brand new one with a different phone number. Why? The police are spending about $2 million on an education campaign to tell us the phone number. Why? I know nothing. But my Anarchy brain just assumes that the Minister of Policing You, Stu Nash, […]
Read more..May 15, 2019
A Professor Pivots
By NZB3
Professor Paul Spoonley’s business is Show Business: Academic Branch. Depending on the appetite of the moment this Entertainment Professional is highly skilled at pivoting toward or against whatever the audience wants to hear. Spoonley’s Sociological Wizardry rivals that of High Science Priest Gluckman himself. His priority is to be the go-to news relevant voice on his […]
Read more..May 15, 2019
Understanding the Globalist/Nationalist Dichotomy
By VJM
In psychologist and political scientist Lee De-Wit’s recent book ‘What’s Your Bias?‘ he spoke of a new order of political alliances. The political order of today, he contends, is no longer a matter of change vs. stability, as it was during the French Revolution, or a matter of labour vs. capital as in the Industrial […]
Read more..May 14, 2019
1874: A Fleet of American Whalers
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
1874: Looking south west from Flagstaff Hill over Kororareka. American whaling ships are seen in the harbour. Are you thinking this is a bit odd? Have they dated this picture incorrectly? 1874 is rather late in the day for American Whalers by a good half century, isn’t it? Northland historian Lindsay Alexander’s thesis is that […]
Read more..May 14, 2019
“Doughnut Economics”
By NZB3
GDP is a phony baloney measure The State uses to make itself look good. It mostly counts government spending. “We need to overcome our global obsession with endless growth in order to save the planet, says economist and author Kate Raworth. Raworth is the author of Doughnut Economics: Seven ways to think like a 21st […]
Read more..May 14, 2019
“Difficult Histories: The New Zealand Wars”
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
“Difficult Histories” is a new website and Facebook page est (c.Feb 2019.) It has been created by mainstream academics on a mission to think about how others think about¹ ‘The New Zealand Wars’. “Our Marsden Fund project traces shifting historical perspectives of the New Zealand Wars, a series of devastating nineteenth-century clashes involving Māori and […]
Read more..May 13, 2019
“Because it Matters”
By NZB3
Newshub’s expose last night (12 May 2019) promised to expose “200 racists” that “the legal system is powerless to stop.” And, “the warning signs that ended in bloodshed.” They issued this tantalising promotion to ensure we would tune in. What host Paddy Gower showed the viewer was far, far, less than was promised in the lead-up. […]
Read more..May 13, 2019
Golliwogs
By NZB3
Does anyone know economics? What happens when you restrict the trade of a commodity? Does it become more highly prized or less? Today we’re announcing that from 13 May 2019, golliwogs and jolly money boxes will be banned for sale on Trade Me.- Trade Me The SJW brigade is simply handing Free Folk another symbol […]
Read more..May 12, 2019
Converted to Islam after the Mosque Attacks
By NZB3
Pretty easy Game Theory calculation for any Mammalian Brain in the Protected Class like this 22yo service worker girl… Megan Lovelady is one of three people who have converted to Islam at the Christchurch mosque where 43 people were shot and killed. The 22-year-old cafe worker, who emigrated to New Zealand with her family as […]
Read more..May 11, 2019
1963: The Great Ricardo
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Rakino Island in the Hauraki Gulf was covered in the ‘Islands of the Gulf‘ documentary on TVNZ (still streaming now (2019.)) It was a pretty great documentary but extra special not only for being a sequel but because the 2019 version was presented by Elisabeth Easther who is the daughter of the 1964 version presenter! Thus […]
Read more..May 11, 2019
Keeping Simon Bridges
By NZB3
Simon, you’re going to be OK. I mean, clearly you’ve got this. Hope you don’t mind if I tell some people how clever you are at keeping your job as leader of the Opposition. “Simon Bridges will be the next National leader. “To defeat a reigning Pop Princess it takes a Prince, or Princes. That’s […]
Read more..May 11, 2019
