1700: The First Christchurch Gondola
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 24 October, 1992, The Mt Cavendish Gondola was open for business and is still running today under the name Christchurch Gondola. You can be seated in a gondola basket on a return trip to visit the cafe at the top and take in amazing views. What few realise is that this was not the […]
Read more..July 19, 2020
What is English language really?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The history of New Zealanders and their culture is also the history of their language, English. It has come to my attention that ‘educators’ today have been telling their ‘students’ that “for white people being interested in the history of Aotearoa is a hobby, but for maori it is life or death.” Or, “unfortunately being […]
Read more..July 18, 2020
1919: Combustible Krauts
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 19 July, 1919, Mt Eden Borough Council celebrated “peace” by burning seven prominent Germans and one Bulgarian. Twice! Don’t worry though, they were just effigies designed to catch on fire to delight the citizens of Mt Eden upon their mountain top. “…eight effigies, seven of prominent Germans and one of a Bulgarian, […]
Read more..July 17, 2020
Space Jobs
By NZB3
Southland to suffer a massive blow as its heavy industry, the electric smelter, threatens to close (Basically a well-paying State welfare program but a cheap one that props up an economy and many support industries.) National will promise to save the plant before this election is done and the people will rejoice. Judith Collins will […]
Read more..July 17, 2020
Labour 6.0: The Politics of Fear
By NZB3
Wow, so this is how it’s going to be? What’s worse, the lack of imagination or the resort to force? Let’s back up and start this post again.. Yesterday, the Opposition party, National, enthroned a new leader. I wrote about that new leader’s potential first moves (ref. Judith’s Gambit.) As predicted, Judith Collins’ campaign has the […]
Read more..July 16, 2020
Judith’s Gambit
By NZB3
Mum and Dad are home to relieve the babysitter! General Election 2020 just became contestable as the Opposition party, National, just got themselves a leader. I’m the only one thanking Muller the Plumber. I know what he did for his party. Officially though, and in the State Shared Fantasy, the role of leader was hurting Todd […]
Read more..July 15, 2020
2004: Safe Communities Foundation
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The United Nations, specifically the World Health Organisation, has been slowly enveloping New Zealand at the Local Government level for the past 20 years. How so? Check out this amazing example of ‘narrative capture’…. “Waimakariri District has been an accredited Safe Community since 1999”. – The Community is in Safe Hands, Waimakariri.govt.nz “After considerable effort, Ashburton has been officially […]
Read more..July 15, 2020
53 Days: Muller the Plumber
By NZB3
Don’t think I ever said this on record but I’ve always considered Todd Muller to be a Stalking Horse for the true next leader of the National Party. Just a Kiwifruit Crapitalist…not even sure what he’s doing being an MP in the first place. Seems more like a plumber who shows up in blue over-alls, […]
Read more..July 14, 2020
1920: Alexander Turnbull Library Nationalised
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Alexander Turnbull Library still forms the nucleus of New Zealand’s National Archives. It was today in history, 13 July 1920, that The State officially nationalised Turnbull’s extensive collection. However, it was on June 28th, 1920, that the Government (William Massey’s Reform Government) opened the library to the public. That was exactly 2 years since […]
Read more..July 13, 2020
Collectivist Appropriation
By NZB3
From a Collectivist point of view (which the mainstream currently holds) what happens to one happens to all. So ‘we’ all went through these things, as the Prime Minister has it.. “Over the last 15 months, we have been through a lot together – a terrorist attack, a volcanic eruption, a global pandemic and now […]
Read more..July 13, 2020
Paper Kiwis
By NZB3
The Clutha-Southland electorate (previously Wallace electorate) in Southland used to be a National Party rock. From 1957 to 2014 it was in the hands to two men who were just about identical: Brian Talboys and Bill English. After 2014 things got weird as the sober straight men were traded in for wonky Millennial mavericks. The first […]
Read more..July 11, 2020
1840: Comte de Paris
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Tonight in history, 11 July, 1840, the Comte de Paris was struck by lightning off the coast of Tasmania. She almost capsized and after all those months at sea the French colonists might have all drowned so close to their final destination: New Zealand. As far as these colonists know, they’re about to claim their […]
Read more..July 11, 2020
