Ashley Bloomfield to Retire
By NZB3
The medical theatre part of the Cinders and Ash duo, Ashley Bloomfield, is to “retire” according to headlines. That word, retire, conjures up an image of an old man literally retiring to his rocking chair in the provinces leaving politics alone. Perhaps he’ll just put on an apron for the local school PTA not to […]
Read more..April 20, 2022
Another Police Virtue Signal on Wheels
By NZB3
Again? Gay car, farmer car, Pacificar, Maori car and now this. Urban cancer virtue signal police wheels….”A desire to support a good cause and a love of motorbikes has a West Coast Road Policing Officer taking on the Southern Alps on two ‘very small wheels’ in support of the Cancer Society….an endurance event which is […]
Read more..April 15, 2022
Nationalisation of Tar
By NZB3
Government has decided to take over the bitumen import business in New Zealand because it doesn’t trust private enterprise. Z Energy is backing off and wishing them luck. Because New Zealand can’t make its own oil-infested rocks now we must ship in the expensive and heavy stuff. Because Labour 6.0 had Marsden Point oil refinery […]
Read more..April 13, 2022
The Three Rules of Believing
By NZB3
“Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.” Hermann Hesse, in this quote, didn’t need to tell us that the most trivial-fool-business-gold-pleasure-world is that of the politician. Prime among politicians in […]
Read more..April 12, 2022
Operation
By NZB3
Governments are simply opportunistic parasitical organisms out for all they can get. The Kiwi resembles the sleeping and prone character in the Milton Bradley board game Operation. While the New Zealander sleeps, the politicians carefully extract his organs while trying very hard not to raise the alarm! — Ref. 2011: NZ Productivity Commission, AHNZ
Read more..April 9, 2022
The Power of the Dog
By NZB3
Because The Power of the Dog (2021) is misunderstood and the publicity persistent (who is paying for all this media attention right now?) and because I’ve now seen the film a review is in order. Like other Jane Campion films I’ve seen such as Holy Smoke, And Angel at my Table, The Piano, this is a […]
Read more..March 28, 2022
SNAP Aotearoa
By NZB3
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is an international group with an outlet in New Zealand. Christopher Longhurst (image left) is the point man here and says the person he is standing with in his Facebook profile picture is “Jacinda Ardern, the beautiful Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand.” SNAP is so dedicated […]
Read more..March 22, 2022
Growing a Family
By NZB3
I’ve been bombarded with the term “Growing a family” one time too many by the Official Media so that I want to unpack it. I find ‘growing’ a family to be a loaded term in two ways. First up though, what is the meaning of the term? Kiwi parenting websites and Google quickly inform me […]
Read more..March 21, 2022
Playing Media Dodgeball
By NZB3
This headline is fake: ‘PM Jacinda Ardern has filled to have Ryan Bridge banned from all major platforms, and rejects any further interviews with the reporter.’ Someone with such a thick Old Kiwi accent as to pronounce, and therefore phonetically spell, “failed” as ‘filled’ apparently worked it up on their PC then took a photo […]
Read more..March 13, 2022
“Feels Imported”
By NZB3
The Law of The State went through a messy divorce with Justice when our country was young and have been fighting for custody ever since.1 As this found meme shows, we have the Revolt vs. The Police. One side was given the benefit of a High Court Judgement declared the Mandate illegal in their case. […]
Read more..March 3, 2022
