The Five Acceptances
By VJM
A previous essay here discussed the Five Rejections of alt-centrism. These are the five core political values held by rival ideologies that are repudiated by alt-centrists. Because alt-centrism is about finding the healthy and correct balance between the fundamental forces of reality, there are also Five Acceptances that mirror these rejections. This essay discusses them. […]
Read more..September 24, 2018
Rexona
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Stumbled on Rexona in December 1908 as ointment for cow teats! That surprised me because its modern branding is so..modern! Yet it has been around, in some form, for just about 110 years now. Created in Australia in 1908 by “Mrs Alice Sheffer,…she wanted to give people new kinds of personal care products, with effective […]
Read more..September 24, 2018
Teachers’ Teachers Demand More State Control
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Dr Richard Manning and Garrick Cooper of the University of Canterbury want a national curriculum change. Specifically they want the Maori Wars (New PC name: ‘The New Zealand Wars’) as a compulsory subject. Now, being high-minded teachers of tomorrow’s teachers, what intellectual arguments do they use? What good reasons to they offer for why this is so […]
Read more..September 23, 2018
Crown admits failing to stop Maori from ‘enslaving’ Moriori
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Crown (National 5.0) admits failing to stop Maori from ‘enslaving’ Moriori “In 1835 two iwi originally from Taranaki migrated to the Chatham Islands and enslaved Moriori. Following the annexation of the islands to New Zealand in 1842, the Crown failed to take appropriate action to end the enslavement, despite Moriori pleas for relief.- Newshub, 2017 […]
Read more..September 23, 2018
The Truth about Smiling
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Western history, including New Zealand, can be divided up between Pre-Smile and Post-Smile eras. Even though portraiture far pre-dates photography, our posing ancestors elected not to smile then either. So why the change around 1870? Usually it’s explained by photographic technology changing, just as Nelson Provincial Museum wrote here… “…people had to stay very still […]
Read more..September 23, 2018
Bob Jones
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
“Taxation is theft.” ‘To cheat the IRD is a moral duty!’ – Bob Jones These quotes come from a 1976 Speech given for National Government Minister Young. It caused a huge stir and the Minister had to flee his own fundraiser! The speech attracted much attention and fury both during the event and after. Jones […]
Read more..September 22, 2018
Having it all, honestly?
By Gekko
Having it all in 2018 FTA: “And yet the 37-year-old mother of one is part of a ridiculously large cohort of women who have had to forgo more senior positions in their chosen careers because their organisations won’t accommodate more flexible working arrangements to raise the future little taxpayers of New Zealand.” Purposefully born into […]
Read more..September 21, 2018
Reuptake of Methamphetamine in the Beehive
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The New Zealand State has used drugs as a commodity to control the population since The Poisons Administrative Act, 1866. A strong argument could be made that it was from the very start since Hobson and The Treaty occurred against the backdrop of the Opium War. Hobson’s personnel and ships were needed for Britain’s drug […]
Read more..September 21, 2018
Kiwi Corruption
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
“Every man has his price and the Kiwis, being lower than most, his corruption is not highly visible.” – Gordon McLauchlan A good co-post to go with VJM’s latest post: New Zealand is Corrupt as Shit Image ref. gordonmclauchlan.com (Seemingly offline now but alive and well in 2017) Post syndicated from http://ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz/kiwi-corruption/.
Read more..September 21, 2018
New Zealand is Corrupt as Shit
By VJM
If a politician is bribed, but the people are too stupid to realise that a bribe has been made, is it really bribery? In the midst of the worst homelessness and mental health crises this country has ever known, the Labour-NZ First coalition Government has decided to double the refugee quota, placing incredible strain on […]
Read more..September 21, 2018
Kate Sheppard
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history: 19 September 1893: Womens’ Sufferage enacted in New Zealand. What a disaster it has been! “It is women who keep the doors of society closed,” who traditionally wield all the cards of social capital, child raising, reproduction, and household consumption. Back in the 1890s it was Kate Sheppard who led the way […]
Read more..September 19, 2018
Assid Corban’s Last Battle
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Once the hub of a pioneer West Auckland wine empire, now a public park.Corban Estate is a nice quiet place because the area and buildings are on artificial life support by the State. Old Man Corban, who gave it up, wants wanted to build a wine museum there. He, an ex-mayor, has had the clout […]
Read more..September 18, 2018
