By Snoopman — September 6, 2019 at 1:00 pm The recipient of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004, Mr Te Warena Warren Jack Taua, is the key opponent…
Words & Hikoi Photos by Snoopman, 26 August 2019 Ahi Kaa Kaitiaki cast as ‘Squatters’ Let me decipher how New Zealand’s Pākehā-dominated ruling class uses buck-passing, stealthy paternalism and polite…
Was the timing of the July 23 trespass notice served by 100 New Zealand Police on occupiers at Ihumātao simply a random date? Or was the date chosen for its…
During and after the Waikato War of 1863-64 in New Zealand, well-connected Wesleyan Methodists capitalized on vacated Māori land on the Ihumātao Peninsula by leasing ‘Native Reserves’ and buying ‘Waste…
The Bank of New Zealand brokered finance of £3 million from the London and Sydney money markets to escalate the New Zealand Wars. With a chronic case of ‘terrible twos’,…
In the Colonial-era, Freemasons controlled the political, commercial and martial power structures of New Zealand. Freemasons appointed their members of the brotherhood to key positions in the New Zealand Colony.…
Dispatch from Ihumātao #001 By Snoopman A Māori King Elected – 1857 In the Colonial era, Chief Te Wherowhero was elected as the first Māori King in June 1857 at…