1981: Rixen
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Between 26 August and 4 December, 1981, ex-employees of the Rixen Manufacturing in Levin occupied the factory. This is New Zealand’s longest industrial sit-in in our history. It gained them nothing. Why did they do it? There is no rational tactical advantage to flogging a dead horse. Rixen’s owner, Ken Dungey, had evidently been unable […]
Read more..December 3, 2021
Kayfabe Army
By NZB3
‘In a surprising joint press statement today, the New Zealand Army and New Zealand Police and Julie Anne Genter all denied involvement in recent publicity photos.’ Of course they didn’t. But we are expected to believe three recent events were not part of at least three separate Public Relations desks in efforts to make the […]
Read more..December 3, 2021
1951: Death of Peter Buck
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Died today in history, 1 December, 1951, a very great New Zealander, Peter Buck. He stands here with a monument in Tahiti. In death, Buck sort of became a monument himself since his ashes are incorporated into a monument in Taranaki. The son of an Irish policeman, Buck had a Maori mother so also inherited […]
Read more..December 1, 2021
Anarchy and Speculation
By NZB3
Humans do not know everything like some omniscient god. Even in a Deterministic universe the state of knowledge isn’t yet enough for us to figure out all outcomes and even if we could it would not be time well spent. Therefore, we speculate. We guess. We estimate. We have opinions. We form stereotypes. None of […]
Read more..December 1, 2021
1963: Auckland Regional Authority
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Auckland Regional Authority (1963-89) was a great leap forward in centralising political power into the hands of fewer representatives. Communities that wanted to keep their identity and their control over the assets their ancestors had built were right to fear it. When Auckland City turned 100 this float was fielded for the 1971 parade. It’s […]
Read more..November 30, 2021
When Political Correctness Became Prospective
By NZB3
Papanui-Innes Community Board, Christchurch, are so Woke that they’re cancelling the memorialisation of people at the meta level, before they’re even disgraced! This is a new level of anti-human and anti-achievement and anti-recognition. It’s like something out of the Victimhood Culture from 20 years in the future but here we are. “A new development in […]
Read more..November 30, 2021
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
