Six of us travelled to the Wanganui computer centre, to commemorate the death of Neil Roberts four years earlier, when he attempted to destroy the computer. Handing out leaflets in the township was out of the question when the local Mongrel Mob greeted us with the traditional “Hey punky, fuck off”. So we stayed in the park opposite the computer centre, where a statue of a past PM made a great black flag holder. After some soccer we crossed the computer centre’s carpark to pull some ‘hardcore’ pose at the entrance, which didn’t please the staff too much (perhaps they were expecting a 1982 repeat). This in turn inspired the boys in blue to send out two cars of filth, hence swelling the numbers. Since we were committing such serious crimes as ‘remembering an anarchist’, ‘possession of an offensive haircut’, it was the usual “name, address, occupation” treatment.
Simon, Anti-System #8, January 1987
| Date | 1986, November 18 |
| Location | Moutoa Gardens, Whanganui |
| Type | Commemoration, protest |
| Organisers | Simon Cottle |
Photo: c/o Heather Osborn
