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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Feedback to the NZ Royal Commission Covid-19 Response Inquiry: Phase II In his feedback to the New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry in the Covid Response: Phase II, Snoopman took…
In this dispatch, Steve Snoopman focusses on the potential chicanery to arrive at the ‘group of 33’ Air NZ employees contesting the arilines corona injecticide mandate to codify damage control,…
Airline Buys Back $100m Capital, 5 Days after Jet Carrying Students Deemed 1300 kgs Too Heavy with 13 Passengers Offered Ticket Buy-Backs in Capital City Overview New Zealand’s aviation industry…