Wonder Woman 1984
By NZB3
The superheroes from DC, It’s been a while since they impressed me. Once a Justice League of awe Unlimited, Now stale plots. Stinky. Fermented. The latest film that’s very poor, Is Wonder Woman ’84. So hidden only Batman could see, Yet in this film she’s mentioned on TV! Continuity went out the door, That was […]
Read more..January 6, 2021
1990: Reach Out
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This 1990 ‘Reachout’ family violence prevention campaign by the Accident Compensation Corporation has a positive message. It’s empowering toward victims of domestic violence, women in particular, encouraging them to reach out to access the help they need. ACC’s interest would have been that less ‘accidents’ meant less outlay for them. Currently, and since 2007, the […]
Read more..January 6, 2021
1996: Rahui or Rah-hooey?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
A rahui is a race-based hegemony over territory and resources based loosely on a concept from anthropology textbooks. This form of Victimhood Culture Adventuring seems to date from the mid-late 1990s. It’s a sort of magic spell, or Social Constructivist forcefield. It’s a ‘keep off the grass’ sign powered, not by anything legal, but by […]
Read more..January 5, 2021
1862: Kaitangata
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The town of Kaitangata, Otago, really got going in 1862 when mining began and the coal mine opened. In the same year came the church grounds (Presbyterian, of course.) You know it’s a town that’s making money if The State puts an outpost there to take their cut of the wealth and so it was […]
Read more..January 4, 2021
1912: Waikeria Prison Farm
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Waikeria Prison Farm (est. 1912) represented a revolution within the New Zealand prison system, the legacy of which still remains today. The new century started off with Boer War Honour Culture and Boy Scout Dignity Culture which were both energetic and prosperous. Whenever New Zealand is doing this well we seek to spend out wealth on […]
Read more..January 1, 2021
The Battle for Karoro
By NZB3
This notice about somebody’s wayward wheely bin raised an interesting and essential conversation on social media this week. Do you deal with problems face-to-face with people down your street or do you put out an impersonal bulletin to all the district? Is it time to be Personal or Institutional? This sort of thing is of […]
Read more..December 31, 2020
1863: The Sparrow and the Eagle
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In the Waikato of 1863 there was competition in the newsprint media market for the Maori reader. In short, one paper was called The Eagle and the other The Sparrow. The contest of ideas ended when affiliates of the former newspaper came to kill the editor, sacked the offices. ‘The Eage’, or Te Hokioi, was […]
Read more..December 31, 2020
1430: When Eagle Was Sovereign
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Mighty sky predator: Haast’s Eagle. Speciality: bi-pedal prey. 600 years extinct due to running out of moa to prey upon. By First Contact, Maoris had only the vaguest knowledge that either the eagle or the moa had existed. The people who were in New Zealand before, the Moa Hunters, would have known both of […]
Read more..December 30, 2020
1901: One Tree Hill
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Statist History has not been kind to Auckland’s greatest benefactor and most prominent figure, The Father of Auckland, Dr John Logan Campbell. On 11 June, 1901, Campbell gave to New Zealanders some of his best land, One Tree Hill, a self-financing domain he named Cornwall Park. This arrangement also administered over the public land of […]
Read more..December 29, 2020
1866: Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This day in history, 28 December, 1866, the first Rangiora A&P Show was held by the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association. The Association and the Show are still going today. However, the 2020 show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Moral Panic. “Canterbury Superintendent William Sefton Moorhouse, and several other Christchurch dignitaries arrived by way […]
Read more..December 28, 2020
1900: Maori Councils
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Richard Seddon’s Liberal Government, in 1900, had a Maori problem on several fronts. Each of these was neatly solved in Machiavellian fashion by the passing of the Maori Councils Act (1900.)¹ Problem: Annoying Maoris who wanted political power in their own lives. Self-autonomy! Problem: A Maori King Movement, the Kingitanga, seeking political power Problem: The […]
Read more..December 27, 2020
1879: The Canterbury Riots
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, Boxing Day, 26 December, 1879, was a day of violence. In Timaru and Christchurch, the sectarian hatred native to Ireland had transplanted itself all the way to New Zealand. Vicious sectarian rioting was commonplace between the Catholic and Protestant working class from which new immigrants to New Zealand were drawn in the […]
Read more..December 26, 2020
