1979: Misremembering Erebus
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in History, 28 November 1979, our Government (National 3.0) killed 257 New Zealanders by flying them into an Antarctic volcano named Mt Erebus. There is no memorial in New Zealand marking the disaster but our Government is hell-bent on ramming one down our throats. At the Parnell Rose Gardens(!?) Why do we need an […]
Read more..November 28, 2021
“Houses Are For Living In”
By NZB3
This is like saying that a skull is for protecting a brain and cannot be used for drinking out of or as a paper weight or for anatomy lessons or decorating catacombs. “Houses are for living in, not for speculation” Objects exist in multiple applications limited only by the imagination of the user. Including as […]
Read more..November 28, 2021
1972: Play School
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Play School first aired in New Zealand on TVNZ from 22 March, 1972, and ran all the way up to 1990. It was a show for Generation X and early Millennials. The format was heavily based on the British show of the same name including the suit of toys props which were: Big Ted, Little […]
Read more..November 27, 2021
No Traffic Lights
By NZB3
Labour 6.0’s attempt to turn our country into a string puppet by imposing what they call a Traffic Light System is doomed already. As it’s not due to start until 3 December 2021 that’s much earlier than expected! The system depends on New Zealanders being suspicious of one another as a default until they can […]
Read more..November 27, 2021
Omicron Omnicrock
By NZB3
Africa has not been fielding a team in the international Health Theater Sports. “But there is something “mysterious” going on in Africa that is puzzling scientists, said Wafaa El-Sadr, chair of global health at Columbia University. “Africa doesn’t have the vaccines and the resources to fight Covid-19 that they have in Europe and the US, […]
Read more..November 27, 2021
1989: TV3
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 26 November, 1989, TV3 began broadcasting. The State TVNZ monopoly on TV was busted, television had been deregulated. However, it was a far from even playing field for the new and exciting station to go up against the well-funded and entrenched TVNZ. TV3 was required to have a high quota for local […]
Read more..November 26, 2021
1840: Hobson Crowns Himself
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 30 January, 1840, Captain William Hobson ‘crowned’ himself Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand. It was an audacious move, a confidence trick that relied on Hobson’s people and the population at the Bay of Islands allowing him to get away with it. They did. Plenty of people can be accused of self-promotion but we usually […]
Read more..November 24, 2021
1936: The Ministry of Marketing
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Incredible the socialist bullets we’ve dodged as a country… and the ones we haven’t. For example, from 26 May, 1936, The Ministry of Marketing. Labour 1.0 created The Marketing Department in 1936 which locked in complete Government control of primary production in our country. Under the Minister, Walter Nash, Labour 1.0 now had the power […]
Read more..November 23, 2021
An Acute Form Of Self-Rejection
By NZB3
This is an an acute form of self-rejection. The attacking of New Zealand English with a battery of NPC adjectives is not an attempt to think. No reasons are offered, no discussion entered into. Simply a muscling in, a colonising, of someone with a different language and culture. Given that, in this case, it’s one’s […]
Read more..November 22, 2021
1885: New Zealand in Tasmania
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Interested to learn this week that there’s a little bit of New Zealand in Tasmania. In 1867 a young Tasmanian lawyer, William Perkins, came to practice in Greymouth. He did very well, amassing a considerable fortune, then returned home to live in Hobart in 1884. These details were turned up by Mary Traynes and reported […]
Read more..November 22, 2021
2010: Pike River Mine Disaster
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, at 3:44 pm on 19 November 2010, a methane explosion was ignited at the Pike River Mine near Greymouth. Usual historical procedure would now involve miners rescuing and recovering any dead and it was assumed this would now occur. However, workmates and family were told to be quiet and wait. The mine […]
Read more..November 21, 2021
2008: Prime Minister John Key
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
It’s funny how this 1904 tobacco advertisement resembles the face of National 5.0 Prime Minister John Key. Key was sworn in to office on 19 November, 2008. He “served” 3 terms before retiring and handing over to Bill English who was, never the less, defeated at the 2017 election by Jacinda Ardern. The marketing people […]
Read more..November 19, 2021
