1977: Fair Go
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Government show Fair Go (1977-2024) was one of several long-standing television features on TVNZ. Current affairs show Sunday was out too as was the Midday News. The plug was also pulled on the Newshub platform on TV3 with some vestiges apparently to be outsourced to Stuff (probably bought it for $1.00) in July that […]
Read more..May 14, 2024
1985: Robin of Sherwood
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Robin of Sherwood (1984-86) was a British action-adventure TV series that fit right in to New Zealand’s KZ7 Honour Culture of the same time period. The show first aired on our screens on 12 May, 1985. Created by Richard Carpenter who was also the man responsible for popular show The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972-4.) […]
Read more..May 12, 2024
1937: House-Broken Labour
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 12 May, 1937, the Coronation of Geoge VI occurred. Then, as now, New Zealand’s Labour Government Prime Minister attended. PM Michael J. Savage wore the full court dress, including kneebreeches. According to Labour biographer, Hobbes, this choice marked a turning point for Labour. The first-term government had still been in ‘soapbox’ mode: unpredictable and […]
Read more..May 11, 2024
1871: Rangiora Literary Institute
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Rangiora Literary Institute was created this month in New Zealand history, May 1871. The building was opened on New Years Day 1873 and started to take over and extend executive functions of the North Canterbury community. According to Hawkins (1983) the founding principles were to preserve Rangiora’s supposed status quo of “general sobriety, honesty, industry […]
Read more..May 10, 2024
1945: VE Day
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 8 May, 1945, the New Zealand public started celebrating Victory Over Europe Day (VE Day.) World War 2, apart from a few more loose ends in the Pacific War, was now over. Our celebrations began without permission from the Labour 1.0 Government who insisted we wait until 1am the following day to […]
Read more..May 8, 2024
1822: Siege of Matakitaki
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This month in New Zealand history, May 1822, The Siege of Matakitaki. Chief Hongi Hika of Ngapuhi tribe led an invasion force of 3,000 upon the Waikato Tribe led by chief (and future Maori King) Te Wherowhero. Both sides were very martially intelligent and organised but Hongi was rich in arms. The Waikato had just […]
Read more..May 4, 2024
1990: One and Two-cent Coins Withdrawn
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 30 April, 1990, one and two-cent coins were withdrawn from legal tender. They had existed since decimilisation on 10 July 1967 The value of government fiat currency was now so inflated that these lowest denominations now had no meaning. The 5 cent coin was to follow in 2006. It will be interesting […]
Read more..April 30, 2024
1926: The Wonder Man
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Died today in New Zealand history, 28 April, 1926. English-American daredevil and sexagenarian Bobby Leach didn’t make it out of Auckland alive. He had come here to cash in on his fame and publicise his next suicide mission: going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He he slipped on an orange peel on Queen Street, […]
Read more..April 28, 2024
Australian Truth
By NZB3
The Australian mainstream identity must be pretty fragile right now. That’s a metaphysical problem shared by Anglos worldwide: What am I? Who are we? This is an Anaphase Crisis in that we all accept in a natural process like cell replication but don’t tend to apply to a large organism like Australia. The way I […]
Read more..April 27, 2024
1915: Fiasco at Gallipoli
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 25 April, 1915, we invaded Turkey from the Gallipoli Peninsula. It was a gamble, a fiasco, a disaster, and the object of a national propaganda exercise so complete that it re-framed our national identity. Colonial New Zealand had been a much freer place to live, almost Libertarian. The Millennial Age that followed […]
Read more..April 25, 2024
1941: The Greek King’s Bodyguard
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 23 April, 1941, New Zealand troops formed the bodyguard to King George II of Greece. Our men safely evacuated George from Greece to Crete and on the Egypt. “KING OF GREECE ENTERTAINS NEW ZEALANDERS WHO FORMED HIS BODYGUARD IN RETREAT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF CRETE” The thing about George (who was related […]
Read more..April 23, 2024
1885: The Club Hotel
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Bluff’s Club Hotel’s demolition started in April 2024 putting an end to an institution going back to the 1860s. It ceased trading in the mid-2000s. The latest owner, Bluff Oyster and Food Festival Charitable Trust purchased it in 2014 and have been let it deteriorate and be vandalised for 10 years culminating in the ability […]
Read more..April 22, 2024
