Politicians and Nappies
By NZB3
This analogy correctly points out that trusting in politicians is like not being toilet trained yet. Changing politicians is a rookie reform. Real reform is doing away with government entirely and taking control of your own gut and limbic system. Anarkiwi is evolution. — Ref. also Why some Politicians are Starfish, AHNZ Post syndicated from […]
Read more..September 27, 2021
1913: The Great Strike Boogaloo
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The New Zealand of 1912 was in one of its mini-civil war time periods. The previous 20 year era had been what Strauss-Howe Generational Theory refers to as Third Turning: Unraveling. The old social order and national identity had been picked apart so that by 1912 the time had come for 20 years of The […]
Read more..September 24, 2021
1849: Feast at the Bay of Islands
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The greatest Maori hakari in history was probably the one in this picture. It was painted by the captain of the HMS Fly, Richard Aldworth in 1849. He had been visiting the Bay of Islands where the feast occurred. A hakari is a feast prepared for serving on layered platforms. It’s an ostentatious display of […]
Read more..September 23, 2021
1914: Just As The Sun Went Down
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand’s first ever movie was released on 5 October, 1914, and titled Just As The Sun Went Down. It is sadly lost but we do know it came in Parts 1 and 2 on two movie reels. “The Call to Arms, New Zealand’s Response.” “Produced and Performed in Auckland by a Specially Selected Cast.” […]
Read more..September 22, 2021
1955: Tails On Rails
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 21 September, 1955, a group of Victimhood Culture women tried to save the Nelson-Glenhope railway. Their method was to sit in the path of the demolition work on the tracks. This, the Nelson Section, government controlled, of course, had been let go after once upon a time being useful. It was an […]
Read more..September 21, 2021
1873: The Wiltshire Pedestrians
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Wiltshire Pedestrians were Joseph and Catherine Wiltshire, an English migrant couple who arrived in New Zealand in December 1872. Their ship was Pleiades which, by coincidence, was made into New Zealand’s 12th public holiday under the translated Maori name Matariki by the Wiltshire’s direct descendant Jacinda Ardern. The pair were soon married became the […]
Read more..September 20, 2021
1993: Nightline, Deadline, Flatline
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Janet Wilson came home to New Zealand to join the new TV3 and soon became anchor of their evening news show, Nightline between 1993/4. When Paul Holmes’ current affairs show (‘Holmes’ 1989-2004) ended with his defection to rival Prime tv Wilson was recruited to fill the gap at TVNZ. She produced Close Up (2004-12) from […]
Read more..September 16, 2021
1981: Over-Educated Housewives
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 15 September, 1981, the Prime Minister took a swing at over-educated housewives in Auckland University’s student magazine Craccum. These days, universities have expanded their ‘services’ to most everybody they can get. No more is higher education for the intellectual high performers, it’s for everyone who come with $$$$ attached. This means the […]
Read more..September 15, 2021
1900: The Opium Petition
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 13 September, 1900, a Chinese West Coaster submitted a petition that led to the Liberal Government’s clamping down on opium and the Chinese (“yellow peril”) in general. State history would have it that this noble young Greymouth law clerk, Young Hee, cared so much about his people that he wanted the scourge […]
Read more..September 14, 2021
Skoda Cop Cars
By NZB3
Now the Holden Commodore is history, the New Zealand Police have had to select a new car for their fleet. They’ve gone with Czechoslovakian Skodas and they don’t look very intimidating. Remember, the colours and lights and sounds a cop car makes are there to terrify your limbic system into compliance. Failing this, the police […]
Read more..September 13, 2021
“It had its DNA changed by Māui”
By NZB3
Ah, so this is what we mean by Maori Science? For which…we must crush dissent in academia! When your first sentence about Maori gene editing starts off with “Has everyone seen the movie Moana…” is there really anything else to say? Projecting the land of magic and myth onto modern genetics is Dunning-Kruger enough. Then […]
Read more..September 12, 2021
1946: Ending For The Election Night Assembly
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This image from 1931 shows The Evening Post, Willis Street, Wellington, at the center of attention after the votes were cast in that year’s election. Similar photos exist for other elections, some outside The Dominion newspaper’s office. Did the two papers compete to host this attraction or did one wrest it away from the other? […]
Read more..September 10, 2021
