Eagle Brewing Brouhaha
By NZB3
There is much ferment in the Islands of New Zealand as yet another male has been accused of lashing out at one of our protected class. Not since Iain Lees-Galloway and Andrew Falloon were fed into the person-shredder 12 months ago has anyone been so commercially murdered¹. But this man, David Gaughan, put himself in harms […]
Read more..May 15, 2021
1918: AARD
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
AARD Motor Services Association was a private transport company, est. 1918. They carried mail and people and opened up New Zealand to tourism in ways the government railways could not compete with. So, the government banned them and bought out the crumbs of what remained. After 100 years I wonder if anyone remembers what AARD […]
Read more..May 14, 2021
Honour Culture Countdown
By NZB3
On Monday 10th May a 42yo man allegedly (legally speaking) stabbed four people inside Cumberland Street Countdown, Dunedin. He had a ‘Sons of Anarchy’ TV show shirt on, which is nothing to do with Anarkiwi or what it stands for. Interestingly, the Police were quick to pay respect to what they had seen on the […]
Read more..May 14, 2021
“Libertarians are politically retarded, useful idiots”
By NZB3
James Davidson (8 May 2021) and Kaiden McCormick (12 May 2021) both write about the degeneracy of the current era and find nothing to disagree about concerning the symptoms they list. What NZB3 does take issue with (9 May 2021) is the cause. Is freedom to blame? Specifically, is the Libertarian ethic of ‘live and […]
Read more..May 13, 2021
1990: Prime Minister Mike Moore
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The former Labour 4.0 Prime Minister (4 Sept 1990–2 Nov 1990) had been convalescing for the past 5 years or so after a stroke and on 2 Feb 2020 checked out for good at the age of 71. “Mike Moore, aptly described by David Lange as having a mind like a pin-ball machine.”- McLauchlan “a […]
Read more..May 13, 2021
1945: Punakaiki Home Guard
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
I managed a visit to Punakaiki on the West Coast and tried to match this iconic photo from 1945. Standing sentry on the Tasman Sea would have been a fairly futile and inhospitable job for this Home Guard soldier even on a fine day. Despite all the handy rock features it was very hard to […]
Read more..May 12, 2021
2009: New Zealand Sign Language Week
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week, est. 2009. The history of NZSL goes way back to 1880 when it was created as a rebel language against the Government who caught and captured deaf children. “The, deaf mute, in his natural state is virtually nothing more nor less than a human plant. The work […]
Read more..May 11, 2021
1925: Death of William Massey
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 10 May, 1925, New Zealand lost the last item in its stock of Prime Ministers with William Ferguson Massey. All before him were now dead and now Massey (69yo) was too. So it was for 4 days until Harry Dillon Bell (74yo) stepped in for just 16 days while a new leader […]
Read more..May 10, 2021
The Transgender Bill
By NZB3
I see that the Transgender Bill is on the Order Paper today, down for its Second Reading which will then be a short walk from being New Zealand law… “The bill will allow people to self-identify their sex on their birth certificate without going to the Family Court. They will instead be able to apply […]
Read more..May 10, 2021
Labour Policy Dodgeball
By NZB3
Since Hostage Release Day back in April 2021 when the travel ‘bubble’ to Australia opened up it’s been all go. NZB3 predicted that Labour 6.0 would take a new and tougher stance in the lead up to that date. You’re either with them or against them and that date, 6 April, was the cut-off for […]
Read more..May 10, 2021
“The Modern Definition of Freedom is Wrong”
By NZB3
An unexpected outburst attacking Libertarianism just appeared on the BFG under the title ‘The Modern Definition of Freedom Is Wrong’. Davidson thinks that what is keeping him from degeneracy is the mob around him, not his own vales. He projects that onto others, assuming we have the same problem he does.¹ “The first thing we […]
Read more..May 9, 2021
1864: Swannanoa
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Very rare, very special, that North Canterbury settlement of Swannanoa has a Cherokee name. This is owed to John Evans Brown who carved off a bit of the old Wai-iti Station for his own estate, Swannanoa, in mid-1864. For most of its history, Swannanoa continued to be almost exclusively pastoral; It’s all about the sheep. […]
Read more..May 7, 2021
