Ihumātao | Fraught Precedents for Land Buy-Backs
A land dispute five minutes drive from Auckland International Airport became a news story of national significance in July and August of 2019. The fight led by whenua protection group,…
Ihumātao Class Lesson #003: Te Warena Taua – The mandated kaumātua who authored his own use-by-date?
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…
Ihumātao Class Lesson #002: Let’s Fix This
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…
Ihumātao Class Lesson #001: July 23 in History
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…
Deep History of Ihumātao: The Methodist Connection
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…
Deep History of Ihumātao: The BNZ Connection
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’,…
Deep History of Ihumātao: The Freemason Connection
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.…
Deep History of Ihumātao: The Kingitanga Connection
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…
Codified Collusion by Christchurch Construction Cartel
The Curious Recurrences of Prime Number Thirteen among Neo-Colonial Old Boys’ Network during Canterbury Earthquakes and Aftershocks Amid the Christchurch Earthquake after-shocks, the Christchurch Rebuild projects drew criticism that cronyism,…
Conjured Credit, Rigged Interest Rates & other Shitfuckery
Hidden Mechanisms of Social Control over New Zealand – in four primers & three exposé essays By Snoopman, 6 July 2019 The stress New Zealanders feel, live and struggle with…