1949: We Want To Help Britain
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Prime Minister’s Christmas Message to Britain, 1949. New Zealand’s National 1.0 finally came to power a few days before Christmas in 1949¹. PM Sydney Holland had been waiting in Opposition such a long time. The little clip is completely composed of vague, empty, politician-speak but signals friendship and support for the British Empire. It may […]
Read more..December 23, 2020
1907: Emotional Insanity
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Lionel Terry was not a New Zealander but he wanted to do something for New Zealand, and the Western World as a whole back in 1905. Brenton Tarrant had the same sentiments in 2019. Both men sought to ‘wake up’ the country they were passing through and had concluded that an object lesson was needed; […]
Read more..December 22, 2020
1941: New Zealand Standards Council
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The New Zealand Standards Institute, today known as Standards New Zealand, has had three ‘Standards Mark’ logos that I have been able to find. It is, and has always been, an attempt by Central Government to control those who may be productive in society by being the arbiter of whose goods and services meet “standards.” […]
Read more..December 21, 2020
1943: “National Savings”
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This image (left) is a propaganda poster from 1943 in which the Government attempts to tax New Zealanders even more; This time it’s a tax on Statism and stupidity. The New Zealand State was following the example of Britain (National Savings) and the USA (Defence Bonds/War Bonds.) Evidently Labour 1.0 was hard up for cash […]
Read more..December 18, 2020
1913: The Kaiser’s Christmas Card
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Kaiser Bill’s Christmas card (and gift) to New Zealand according to Trevor Lloyd of the Auckland Weekly News. On this day in New Zealand history, 17 December, 1913. Woe and War and Want. So it was; The Great Wrong War. I don’t blame the Huns though, it was The State that got us into this […]
Read more..December 17, 2020
1769: Cook’s Arrival in New Zealand Was a Disaster?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Cook’s arrival in New Zealand was a disaster? Compared to what? “Māori were an independent, self-governing people. Their territories were abundant with life…Today, 250 years later, Māori are no longer self-governing, their waterways are severely degraded, and for an unacceptably high number of Māori, the risk of dying an early death, or becoming homeless, or […]
Read more..December 16, 2020
1892: The Past and Future of the Maori
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The prize essay at Canterbury College¹ in 1892 was awarded to a young Maori political studies undergraduate named Apirana Ngata. Only 18, this was a long time before Ngata joined the National Party or gave his Price of Citizenship speech, or appeared on the fifty dollar note. Ngata would return to Canterbury to help it […]
Read more..December 15, 2020
Cycle of Moral Cultures
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Having discussed and derived the 4 Moral Cultures, the next thing to know in the Theory of Moral Cultures is that each cultures takes its turn in a defined order. Honour Culture is followed by Dignity Culture which in turn is followed by Victimhood Culture then Slave Culture. Slave Culture is succeeded by Honour Culture […]
Read more..December 14, 2020
Eel of Fortune
By NZB3
How moronic is this? The Government, in the form of Watercare Auckland, have given the Waitakare Range eel population a stimulus package. “Cue the introduction of 100 longfin eels by Watercare to try and get on top of the issue. “All of these eels would’ve ended up on a dinner plate overseas. “You could look […]
Read more..December 13, 2020
Derivation of Moral Cultures
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Theory of Moral Cultures is a handy framework by which to view humanity. It’s simple yet sophisticated. It’s bounded, yet contains and explains most anyone you’ve ever met or who has ever lived. There are just four Moral Cultures: Dignity Culture, Victimhood Culture, Slave Culture, and Honour Culture. Your personality, dear reader, is as […]
Read more..December 12, 2020
Why Don’t Governments Do Good?
By NZB3
Sentient beings have some such a long way over the last two millions years with the ascent of man but the journey is not yet done. We’ve over-leaped mere biological evolution with incredible cultural evolution. We’ve developed the ethic of non-sacrifice to the bullies in our own tribe. We shifted it on to abstract entities […]
Read more..December 12, 2020
2020s: Generation Z+1
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
No need for Victimhood Culture, or the Feminist subculture thereof, to worry about Generation Z. They’re no threat. The first New Zealand babies of Generation Z+1 are being born now, or are only months old. I don’t know what they’ll be called but I do know they will be pragmatic, pro-active, realistic kids. They’ll […]
Read more..December 10, 2020
