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Of Birds and Forests
Originally published as a pamphlet under the title Birds, The New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society (Inc.) decided to broaden the brief of its in-house pubication (and the title) to include not only the habitat of many birds, but also a wider sense of restoring at least parts of Aotearoa to how they were before human (principally, European) domination.
By the 1930s the objectives of the society were to “advocate and obtain the efficient protection and preservation of our native birds, enlisting the natural sympathy of our young, unity of control of all wildlife, and the preservation of sanctuaries, scenic reserves, etc., in their native state.”
Thomas MacKenzie (who briefly reigned as New Zealand’s very last Liberal Prime Minister in 1912) was the Society’s first President, and was partly responsible for expanding the brief from birds to forests. MacKenzie’s ally in the Society’s leadership, Captain Val Sanderson – widely acknowledged as the society’s founder, “drove an expansion of the society's range of interests into such areas as soil erosion and use of native trees for soil stabilisation.” (Wikipedia.)
Sanderson became president in 1933 and held the position until his death at 79, in 1945.
Known by the ’50s as the Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand (Inc.), the Society’s objectives involved actively enlisting the ‘practical sympathies’ (rather than the ‘natural sympathies’ of the original objectives) of ‘both young and old’ (rather than just the young).
In the early ‘60s the face of Queen Elizabeth the Second graced the cover of one edition of the quarterly magazine. Why? The society was officially given charter status from the New Zealand government – though this appears to have been awarded purely for the mana associated with the nominal patronage. As far as can be ascertained, this step appears not to have enshrined any additional powers and responsibilities (for example, unlike Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, the organisation doesn’t have any statutes within its purview).
Until the 1970s the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society remained the only New Zealand environment group.
This publication was solidly behind the late 60s early 70s campaign to save Lake Manapouri. Almost 10% of New Zealand’s population signed the petition. When the government of the day wouldn’t budge on raising the water levels of the lake in order to create a damn that would enable the production of aluminium, it became an election issue in 1972, helping to bring Norman Kirk’s Labour Government to power. The new government promptly mothballed the project.
Society’s page in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_%26_Bird
A history of the Society, in its own words: http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/about-us/our-history
Save Manapouri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Manapouri_campaign
Papers Past page: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/forest-and-bird
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Auckland Zinefest: The Background Story
What is a zine? “Zines are a medium for people to express and share their experiences and ideologies which are usually underrepresented in mainstream media.” (Auckland Zinefest: https://www.aucklandzinefest.com/)
Auckland Zinefest is an annual fixture for local zine enthusiasts. Usually held in July, events can run across the month. The highlight has to be the actual market itself, held over a weekend, where you can “Enjoy works from over 80 zine makers and artists from around Aotearoa New Zealand, ranging from poetry, travelogues and literature, to comics, illustrations and photography.”
Auckland Zinefest describes itself as “a celebration of creativity and self-publishing … We’re a local hub for zine culture, organising community events and activities that share and support DIY-publishing in Auckland and beyond.”
“Our biggest event is the annual Zinefest, where scores of zinemakers gather together to share their work, inspire others, and connect with fellow zinemakers and creatives. The events of 2020 have presented us with an opportunity to expand further into the digital realm with our first Zinefest Online, creating new opportunities to connect with the zine community across New Zealand and the world.”
“We’re a non-profit community group run by volunteers, local zinemakers and creatives. Our first event was in 2009 and - thanks to our volunteers and funding from generous organisations who are keen to get behind the arts - we’ve been running community events and activities since.”
Hamilton also holds a zinefest in May, and more and more are starting up around the country. We will keep you up to date right here on R&M!
Auckland Zinefest link: https://www.aucklandzinefest.com/
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Gardening Perennials
New Zealanders have been pretty serious about their gardening, and there have been quite a few magazines published down the years for the green-thumbed. The New Zealand Gardener is probably the best known.
Here’s a blogger who happened across an ancient stash…
https://jury.co.nz/2021/08/08/gardening-magazines-from-nearly-80-years-ago/
The New Zealand Gardener brand is now under the Stuff umbrella:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/nz-gardener
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Press now online: 1861 to 1979
On Papers Past back copies of The Press (Christchurch) are now available all the way up to 1979.
This newspaper began publication in 1861.
According to Papers Past:
“The Press published its first weekly issue on 25 May 1861 – a six page paper every Saturday costing 6d – a decade after The Lyttelton Times made its appearance as Canterbury’s first newspaper. But it did have the distinction, in March 1863, of being the province’s first daily – 5,000 copies of the four-page paper were printed, selling for 3d a copy. Shortly afterwards, advertisements replaced articles on the front page.”
Much later on, “in 1970 the Christchurch Press Co. Ltd. listed on the NZ Stock Exchange; in 1987 Independent Newspapers Ltd took control; and in 2003 ownership passed to the Fairfax Group. The name of the company was changed to Stuff Ltd in 2018, and in 2020 Sinead Boucher bought the company from Fairfax’s Australian owners for $1, bringing the Press and other newspapers back into local ownership.”
AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN UNFOLDS
Social Credit’s Bruce Beetham and Labour’s Bill Rowling came close to toppling Muldoon in 1978 (and even closer in 1981). In what could be called self-defeating pincer action, the two parties split each other out in many marginal seats, handing government back to Muldoon, who would rule for nine years.
Rowling has the distinction of perhaps being the only party leader in the world of a major party to have been given three opportunities to lose - and to have taken them. Of course this is unfair: the electoral system takes much of the responsibility for that – his party ended up with the most votes in both 1978 and 1981 but Muldoon’s National won.
OLD GIRL GOES GAY
In 1964 The Press removed the classifieds from the front page, restoring text and running headlines for the first time – as was the general drift in newspaper layout. The Truth - knowing that paper, probably in full awareness of the word’s subtle shift in meaning - put this into a headline of its own: “Old Girl Goes Gay – Almost”.
Here is the final straight (?) style front page layout, and the first in the newer, ‘gayer’ style. March 14 and 16, 1964. (The intervening day was Sunday.)
MALES WANTED
Males specifically required as electricians, clerks and secretaries – and other such unquestionably masculine situations. (1964.)
MASTHEAD
Note also the move away from the germanic Old English font of the newspaper’s masthead to the Times Roman - a similar move made by The Times of London (for which that font was actually created - hence the name).
PAPERS PAST: THE PRESS
Link: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press
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Kirikiriroa Hamilton Zinefest: KHZ 2022
Saturday 7th May, 10:00am - 3:30pm
at Wintec: Wintec City Hub, Event Room 1
Facebook link: here
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The Guardian: Annotated First Edition
Celebrating 200 years, The Guardian (formerly of Manchester) has provided a copy of its first four-page edition, with notes explaining what it all means.
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2021/may/05/guardian-200-first-ever-edition-annotated
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Time: April 8, 1966
A design both unusual for its day, and a first for Time, American readers were rather angrily posed the question “Is God Dead?” from the newsstands, for Easter in a year with a somewhat demonic termination to its name: 1966.
Of course the article itself was somewhat even-handed, but large numbers got to read it thanks to the boost in sales it earnt.
The cover was one result of this rather austere magazine by tradition choosing to focus more on 1960s counter-culture and the political and intellectual freedoms.
More information:
IS GOD DEAD? AT FIFTY https://time.com/isgoddead/
2021: TIME CREATES A NEW COVER BASED ON ‘IS GOD DEAD?’ https://www.designboom.com/technology/time-nft-auction-crypto-subscriptions-03-23-2021/
TOWARD A HIDDEN GOD (original article) https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Time-Is-God-dead.pdf
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Rip It Up
On Papers Past (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/), we can now see kiwi pop and rock bible Rip It Up: the complete archive from 1977 to 1985.
According to Papers Past, the paper “was created by photographer and former Craccum designer Murray Cammick, and musician and writer Alastair Dougal, who was its first editor.”
“The name 'Rip It Up' came from Little Richard’s 1956 song of the same name. Rip It Up initially filled a gap left by the closure of the earlier music magazine Hot Licks, which ran from 1974 to 1976.”
The full story, with a list linking to all issues 1977-1985 is found here.
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Journal of Agriculture: January 1949
The classic (and somewhat erroneous) depiction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi makes its appearance here. It is a reproduction of L C Mitchell's painting.
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23029232?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcreator%5D=Not+specified&search%5Bpage%5D=2&search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=treaty+of+waitangi+signing+
https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/98234835592530463/
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Hamilton Zinefest 2021
Saturday 8th May, 10am - 3pm
Keen to be a stallholder? Registration is open now https://bit.ly/2Q1qgOh
Facebook link: here
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The Looking Glass: Truth | Stories | Culture | Fun
The Looking Glass serves as a crucible for (amongst other things) some balanced discussion on truth and the nature of truth. However, the main thrust is fun: the thrill that comes with a balanced and rational contest of ideas and viewpoints.
The Looking Glass is published by the Community Rags of Aotearoa New Zealand Trust Project. The Project is envisaged as a not-for-profit co-operative of writers, artists, thinkers and readers.
email for PDF version and to go onto mailing list: [email protected]
Issuu link: https://issuu.com/the.looking.glass/docs/lg.i1.final
Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/lookingglassNZ/
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Vintage Magazine Online
New Zealand’s Vintage Car Club of New Zealand now has every issue of its publication Beaded Wheels available for browsing online! Vintage publishing history, you might say.
Beaded Wheels: http://vcc.org.nz/beaded-wheels-archive/
The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand http://vcc.org.nz/
The moderns wax obscene: Poem from the March 1955 edition
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Zinefest
Saturday 4 July 2020, 10.00am - Friday 31 July 2020, 10.00pm
Auckland Zinefest is just a little different this time… it’s online!
Auckland Zinefest has been celebrating zines (self-published works) and DIY culture for over 10 years in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Physical events will be postponed until later in the year but will bring the usual winter excitement of zines, workshops and activities to an online platform that can be accessed nationwide!
If you didn’t know about zines before, this is the perfect opportunity to find out all about it!
Learn how to make zines, listen to speakers talk about their creative careers or just spend a lazy afternoon browsing the online zine market.
click here for more:
https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/events/2020/07/auckland-zinefest-online/
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2020/auckland-zinefest-online-2020/virtual
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Listener hits 80
Right up there with jandals, tomatoesque tomato sauce squirt-bottles, and the buzzy bee, the New Zealand Listener has been the kiwi go-to bible on radio, television, life the universe and practically everything else ever since 1939.
Still Living Dangerously: Editorial reflecting on the origins of this publication: https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-history/listener-80-years-on-still-living-dangerously
ALSO About the Rags Project: https://ragsandmags.tumblr.com/post/182743017613/about-the-community-rags-trust-project Book Swaps: https://ragsandmags.tumblr.com/post/186907252669/the-great-new-zealand-internet-outernet-book-swap
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Open
A new publication, Open, distributed around Auckland, especially in the University, launched recently. Work on a second edition is now underway.
It takes the form of an A3 sheet, cleverly designed to fold in onto itself in the fashion of a map, to an A6 size. On picking one up, it folds out to reveal texts and imagery, of various sizes, designed to provide a fresh way of looking at things.
The under-pinning philosophy is an ambitious one, one inviting open communication between various schools of thought (and presumably, non-thought), and shares this explanation of its name with that of its format. In its own words, the ’zine:
aims to engage people in a process of pleasurable political discourse. We aim not to create a self reinforcing ideological loop, but rather engage the public realm of the University in a conversation. We do this with the intention of people countering it, adding to it, and talking about it.
This publication believes that to successfully engage in a discourse, there is necessary provocation, we bring a perspective meant to be engaging, meant to contest assumptions and challenge myths that underpin common thought. We are all ingrained in the assumptions of the everyday, and by resisting and contesting these assumptions we expand our cultural and political imagination. We believe prompting thought is always a good thing, for the reader and the writer.
It is available online also, and can be found here: https://www.opennza.com/
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The Great New Zealand Internet-Outernet Book Swap!
You may have come across a book with this inside:
Is there a book swap in your area?
The Community Rags Trust project supports book swaps. Let us know where yours is, and how it operates, and we will include it on our notice boards on our blog, and where space permits in our publications.
Books shouldn’t really be mouldering away on shelves!
Like money, they should be in circulation. In fact, it is probably as important for books to be in circulation as for money to be. Knowledge is a form of capital. The exchange of ideas is the seat of growth. Books and articles and journals really are a form of conversation (and they also have a nice bit of art, craft and design involved).
Books, like individuals, are part of that giant dialogue with past and present.
Set up a book swap in your area, and tell us all about it!
email us: [email protected]
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Some Pages of Kiwi History
Papers past: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Papers Past is an incredible resource: right here, and totally free, are the archives of New Zealand newspapers, including some very well established titles. Magazines, too, can be found here alongside other published documents and papers.
New titles are being added all the time, and the archive is always growing. Any entire edition may be downloaded. (Terms and conditions apply on how they may be used in some cases.)
Brought to you by the National Library of New Zealand.
Sample cover shots below:
See more:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
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