Optimus Prime Toaster
By NZB3
Returning home last night from watching the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts I took a tangent away from an image-editing job. This was a kids movie and a kid persuaded me to see it with them. Even movies I do not enjoy can be deconstructed and diagnosed but this film was at least watchable […]
Read more..July 23, 2023
1881: King Tawhiao Visits Cambridge
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 21 July., 1881, Maori King Tawhiao came to Cambridge with 600+ of his people for some 4 days in a peaceful reception. The King had kept Cambridge waiting like a groom at the altar waiting for the bride to appear at the church. The guests were organised for attendance a […]
Read more..July 21, 2023
1984: The Fall of Fortress New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 18 July, 1984, Fortress New Zealand ended. Against out-going National 3.0 Prime Minister Rob Muldoon the new government “devalued” the national currency. Of course, governments cannot really bestow or revoke value at all but they can hold others at gunpoint and make them pretend to. That is what we did after our […]
Read more..July 18, 2023
2002: Police Ten 7
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 18 July, 2002, a new form of crime television came to our screens: Police Ten 7 featuring Graham Bell. New Zealand was in one of its periodic Honour Culture eras. Crime was not tolerated, criminals not revered, the Woke took shelter for these times were not for the weak. In the 2020s […]
Read more..July 17, 2023
1969: Rotary Park
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Explore New Zealand towns while paying attention to who is responsible for the infrastructure and you’ll quickly realise it’s not the government we must thank. Playgrounds, fountains, clocks, picnic tables, shelters, and all sorts of valuable amenities were created by free people voluntarily donating their time and money without threat of force. Lions, Jaycees, and […]
Read more..July 5, 2023
Indiana Jones 4
By NZB3
As a very late Generation X, and for other reasons, I was excluded from being a part of the culture of my cohort. A bit like not being in on the joke except it’s no joke, it’s generational identity. When it comes to films, I was too late to be part of things like Ghost […]
Read more..July 2, 2023
1952: Kamaka’s Last Drink
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In June 1952 the Kamaka Hotel was closed by The State, putting an end to what used to be an important West Coast township. The site is still there today and someone has helpfully put up some information panels on the farm gate. As the founders saw it, Kamaka was on the Grey River but […]
Read more..June 26, 2023
Measurement, Epistemology, Politics
By NZB3
Here is a question I found interesting from an unknown person wanting a connection between measurement, epistemology, and political groups to be elaborated upon. This association seems to explain the different points of view that Conservatives, Libertarians, Progressives, and Woke Leftists have about reality itself. And, it maps right on to the basic textbook learning […]
Read more..June 25, 2023
Vodafone Rebrand
By NZB3
Q: What do you think of this. Am I missing something: Vodafone to block child pornography sites? Or is it a warm up for hate speech? A: It’s copying Countdown’s branding. Remember how Countdown supermarkets brought in Kiri Hannifin came in to re-brand them as the Social Justice supermarket chain? Gone the assuring white male […]
Read more..June 24, 2023
1853: Karanama’s Reserve
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Chief Te Hapuku had a lavish lifestyle that put him into great debt. Fortunately he was able to sell large blocks of Hawke’s Bay land right out from under his people who trusted him to administer it. One big land disposal in late December 1853 was conducted with Hapuku’s son and heir Cranmer (Karanama Te […]
Read more..June 22, 2023
Anarchist Explains Foreign Aid
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Anarchist explains..Foreign Aid. When natural or man-made disaster occurs somewhere on the planet we often hear that the Government of the day is sending (on our behalf with our money) ‘help’ in the form of foreign aid. Where does the money go? Generally we never find that out and have lost interest and moved on […]
Read more..June 16, 2023
Judith’s Return
By NZB3
You want healthy cynicism at the meta-level about New Zealand politics from an Anarchist not afraid to go out on a limb with bold, testable, predictions? You’ve come to the right place! Judith Collins, previous leader of the National Party, defeated at the 2020 election by Jacinda Ardern’s incumbent Labour 6.0, is coming back. Nobody […]
Read more..June 13, 2023
