Darkest Days by Dates Down Under: Part 5
Accommodating France — Rainbow Warrior Bombing, 10 July 1985 Introduction The French DGSE’s bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, at Marsden Wharf in downtown Auckland on July 10 1985 is most…
Darkest Days by Dates Down Under: Part 4
Kiwi Dollar Weaponized as Ransom Notes — ‘Bastille Day’ Currency Crisis, 1984 Introduction: A French Revolution Themed Election and Currency Crisis? The snap election in mid-1984 is most remembered for…
Darkest Days by Dates Down Under: Part 3
Transport Themed Terrorism — Wellington Trades Hall Bombing, March 27 1984 This Darkest Days by Dates Down Under series reveals how New Zealand’s issues, scandals and crises are thematically encoded…
Darkest Days by Dates Down Under: Part 2
The Great Divide — 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour, New Zealand This Darkest Days by Dates Down Under series reveals how New Zealand’s issues, scandals and crises are thematically encoded with…
Darkest Days by Dates Down Under: Part 1
Moving a Mountain — The Crash of Flight TE901: November 28 1979 Introduction The crash of an Air New Zealand DC-10 in Antarctica in 1979 remains controversial, with arguments ranging…
Series: Darkest Days by Dates Down Under
How New Zealand’s Crises are Thematically Encoded with Historical Riffs to Signal Authorship, Cooperation and Caution — while Telegraphing Hidden Objectives Introduction: Metaphor Laden History Riffs? For the best part…
40 Years Ago: The Mikhail Lermontov Sinking
Decrypting the French Sabotage Mission of a 20,000-Tonne Russian Ocean Liner ➳ Introduction to Mikhail Lermontov Sinking, 16 February 1986 — Death Toll: 1 The sinking of a Russian cruise…
Terror Archipelago Down Under? Pt 1 — Survey of Shocks over 45 Years
Industrial Sabotage, Ritual Terrorism, and Police State Formation in New Zealand » » Overview of the heretical dispatches “Terror Archipelago Down Under?” « « This series sketches 13 crises as…
45 Years Ago: Air Accident or Air Terrorism?
A Second Look at the ‘Mount Erebus Disaster’, 28 November 1979 Overview: Mount Erebus Disaster: Air New Zealand Flight TE901, 28 Nov. 1979* The crash of an Air New Zealand…
Terror Archipelago Down Under? Pt 2
Into the Erebus Abyss — Air New Zealand Flight TE901 Rabbit Hole Redux Overview: Mount Erebus Disaster: Air New Zealand Flight TE901, 28 Nov. 1979 The crash of an Air…