“The NZAIF illustrates how militia mimicry in New Zealand functioned as symbolic theatre, while sovereignist movements have remained rooted in pseudo-legal and performative challenges to authority rather than sustained paramilitary organisation.

In 2015, a group of men styling themselves as ‘UN Marshalls’ stormed a Auckland office building claiming a land seizure. Staff were forced to leave, as the group attempted to assert control before police arrived. Despite these efforts arrests followed…..

For Years, Robin Tamihere contested the IRD’s authority using Freeman on the Land and pseudolaw arguments. He claimed to be exempt from taxation under his self-declared “Robin’s Society” and later as a “Diplomatic Marshall” of the Kingdom of Atooi. ….

On 9 March 2016, an annual cannabis eradication became one of New Zealand’s most serious sieges. What began as Op Dee, ended with a 22 hours standoff, multiple injured police officers and the emergence of Rhys Richard Warren as both an armed resister and a volatile sovereignist voice ……

This case involves fake adoptions, immigration fraud and bogus “work permits” under the pseudo Māori Government of Aotearoa, that drew over 280 Thai migrants into an immigration scam. And resulted in over 50 immigration hearings…….

In 2024, the New Zealand Government was declared dissolved & that a new goverance existed under the ‘Jurisdiction of Almighty God’. JA has since styled herself as ‘Commander’ and ‘ Royal Crown’, engaged in lorefare, voided debt, ‘toured’ the country & produced a new flag ..………..

A covid-era rural focused entity , the Ag Action Group blended rural populism with conspiratorial and anti-government narratives. While initially drawing broader rural support, its sovereignist rhetoric and calls to reject state authority attracted criticism and eventual division ….

“…we don’t recognise your laws either” – “We’re not just a jacked-up organisation.” From pseudo-courts & illegimate court reports to roles in created ‘official’ entities.

MK shows how flexible sovereign idenities can be while mimicking authority ….…

“For Our People, Our Island & Our Future!” SIIM promotes autonomy under the banner of “The Free Realm of South Zealandia” complete with its own currency, flag, and constitution rooted in natural law [lore].

But is it sovereign doctrine or ..?

Sovereigns are planting potatoes, posting notices, and raising personal flags to ‘claim’ land - the real law says otherwise. The efforts seem symbolic but the consequences can be real when rates & mortgages go unpaid……..

From stalls to “sovereign” scripts: Nelson’s “Freedom Market” framed itself under “common law,” and a $100,000 penalty notice for police at the gate. However the pseudo law messaging has outlasted the market…..