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Got this back from VUW Uni Clubs. Looks like a dead end.
Maybe the Pipitea Club never gained members? I mean all we know for certain is Arie Joe is associated with it. Could it have been it was made as a club but never went anywhere?
Still weird the site was deleted after the magazine came out.
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Got this back from VUW Uni Clubs. Looks like a dead end.
Maybe the Pipitea Club never gained members? I mean all we know for certain is Arie Joe is associated with it. Could it have been it was made as a club but never went anywhere?
Still weird the site was deleted after the magazine came out.
So I read this Salient article, looked up the club and poof, their site is gone.
https://www.salient.org.nz/post/former-taxpayers-union-youth-leader-seeks-university-council-seat
You can still find it on the time machine though, so have a look if you want to. There isn't a lot there, but I'm not a massive believer in the idea that they are just a "exclusive, male only dinner group" of some description.
So conspiracy nuts, truth tellers, and people who know people, tell me what is up with these guys?
My current guess is that it is a club made to pipeline men into the wealthy right wing social circles and groups, given its association with the Taxpayers Union and Arie Joe.
I'm posting this to r/wellington because u may know more than the peeps on r/VUW
EDIT: Here is the Pipitea club website via wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20260805095005/https://pipitea.nz/
So I read the Salient article, looked up the club and poof, their site is gone.
You can still find it on the time machine though, so have a look if you want to. There isn't a lot there, but I'm not a massive believer in the idea that they are just a "exclusive, male only dinner group" of some description.
So conspiracy nuts, truth tellers, and people who know people, tell me what is up with these guys?
My current guess is that it is a club made to pipeline men into the wealthy right wing social circles and groups, given its association with the Taxpayers Union and Arie Joe
EDIT: Here is the Pipitea club website via wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20260805095005/https://pipitea.nz/
I am a little confused if the registrar can be falsified or mislabeled. The website I am looking at is a suspicious on at the very least (it is "a private dining society for male students at Victoria University of Wellington.") and they are well known for hiding information about members and their actual activities. The current registrant for the website is false (this is certain) so I'm wondering if the registrar can also be falsified.
The website is Pipitea.nz (only accessible using time machine since it got taken down to to a article in our uni paper) and I am using DNC.org.nz to search it. Its the official government website so I think it should be reliable.
To clarify how unknown their members, club, and site is, no one in the university actually knows any members, it doesn't appear on the universities clubs page despite claiming to be a uni club, and entry to the club is extremely difficult (outlined on their website).
Anyways, appreciate any help.
Edit: To simplify, my suspision arisies from being a NZ club, signed to a Germany registrar, and a British registrant (falseified)
