2009: Watching James Cook
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Tasti are a heritage New Zealand food manufacturer with roots going back to 1932. To sling snack bars in c.2009 they commissioned their first TV commercial with Contagion advertising agency. Their ‘Not Quite Kiwi’ campaign featured Ohakune Carrot, Gore Trout, D.E.K.A sign, Paeroa L&P bottle, Phar Lap riding a whale, red socks, pavlova, Opo the […]
Read more..June 21, 2025
1951: Mooloo
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Waikato Rugby Union were founded in 1921 but not until 1951 did they get the name Mooloos and their signature cowbell accompaniment. Unlike some contrived thing (eg Matariki) it was a spontaneous, grassroots, emergent addition. Hamilton’s radio station 1XH (est. 1949) played a cowbell on the air to the delight of their dairy economy listeners. […]
Read more..June 19, 2025
1958: Otara Foodtown
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 18 June, 1958, New Zealand’s first supermarket: Otara Foodtown. A revolutionary change from the more personal and family-orientated village shopping culture that came before. Transmission of food is an essential, functional, part of supplying the firms and households that make up New Zealand’s corporate organism. It’s not just energy because the most […]
Read more..June 18, 2025
2018: Pale History
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 17 June, 1843, the Wairau Massacre took place not very far from present day Blenheim. The victims were Settler officials hacked to death by Maori tribesmen and included Magistrate Thompson as pictured here (image, left.) Very graphic. Looks like the man is bleeding out. This photo comes from an art […]
Read more..June 17, 2025
1979: Under the Mountain
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The writer Maurice Gee (1931-2025, Artist: Phoenix Generation) wrote many acclaimed novels. Especially between 1972 to 1990 there were short stories, novels, and children’s books. Best known is Under the Mountain (1979) which I read as an allegory for The State vs. humanity. It became a TV show and a film so that along with […]
Read more..June 16, 2025
1905: Te Hapa o Niu Tireni
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 15 July, 1905, the opening of Te Hapa o Niu Tireni in Temuka, South Canterbury: “Some three years ago the old hall at the Temuka Maori pah, the scene of many a memorable native meeting, was destroyed by fire. Its successor has at last reared its head from the ashes, […]
Read more..June 15, 2025
1904: Brunnerton Slip
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Terrible Calamity at about 2:30am, 25 May, 1904 at Brunnerton: Jones’s Terminus indeed! Sadly literal. “The wind was howling and the rain coming down in torrents and lights could not be kept burning.” “The place is situated just a little above the Brunner railway station and on the opposite side to the Presbyterian Church. “ […]
Read more..June 11, 2025
Identifying as Maori
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Worth it. Whatever it costs you’ll make it back on special education grants, rates exemptions, special back-door entry into professional degrees. For the right people a seat on the local council without the need for messy campaigns or pesky elections. Brings DEI value to any workplace. You get special food-gathering rights, consultation fees, and ownership […]
Read more..June 5, 2025
The Azaria Chamberlain Madeleine McCann Show
By NZB3
Little girl lost, Madeline McCann, hasn’t been seen since 2007. Since then her humanity has been truly eclipsed by media spectacle which reduces her to an invisible zombie. Every year or so the specter of the little dead girl ‘we’ refuse to let die will be resurrected and paraded. In 2025 this has just happened […]
Read more..June 4, 2025
Breaucratic Popularity Contest
By NZB3
DOC need to win popularity contest. Get more funding in budget. So, we’re saturated in photos of DOC staff in nifty uniforms in nature hugging kiwis as if the birds just hopped into their arms spontaneously for a cuddle. Sadly, Police have to do this too. Hence, their various Woke car detailing, tattoos, and uniform […]
Read more..June 3, 2025
1986: Bilingual Egmont
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
David Lange’s Labour 6.0 Ministry had Mr Koro Wetere as its Minister for Maori Affairs as well as Minister of Lands. Koro’s seat was Western Maori too so he had some home bias to contend with when it came to being in “the hot seat” over the re-naming of Mt Egmont to Mount Taranaki. The […]
Read more..May 29, 2025
Mission: Impossible – McGuffin Overload!
By NZB3
So, we now have the completion of the new 2-part Mission Impossible film. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) has been followed up with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025.) What a drag it was. Much like The Force Awakens (2015) we were let down by Dead Reckoning. But also in this […]
Read more..May 29, 2025
