1926: Henderson Town Hall
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 30 June, 1926, the Henderson Town Hall burnt down. Curiously to my Anarchist eye, it was again destroyed by fire 41 years and 1 month and 1 day later. State History does not remark on how strange or similar these two events were in the history of West Auckland so it’s about […]
Read more..July 31, 2020
1994: The Free Radical
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Free Radical (1994-2009) was a libertarian journal that ran for 81 editions. After Dignity Culture New Zealand was turned out in favour of a new Victimhood Culture (c.1990) the libertarians and conservatives were left high and dry and disenchanted by the march of the new Politically Correct culture. This magazine, TFR, was part of […]
Read more..July 31, 2020
1904: Wallace Troopers Memorial
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Wallace Troopers Memorial was unveiled down Palmerston Street, Riverton, on 3 May, 1904¹. These days The State usually commissions and pays for (with your stolen money) monuments and memorials but back then it was done privately. Erecting the memorial signals that the Riverton people had moved beyond the warrior’s phase (Honour Culture) and into […]
Read more..July 29, 2020
1906: Nelson’s 1906 Darwin Awards
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Without The State who would accidentally commit suicide by blowing up privately-funded monuments? Today in history, 28 July, 1906, two Government employees did just that in Nelson. From 1880, Nelson had a very nice drinking fountain that also lit the the corner of Trafalgar and Hardy streets. This was a monument to John Symons, a […]
Read more..July 28, 2020
1890: Whakarewarewa Rugby
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
c.1890, Whakarewarewa’s local (Maori) rugby team. I think we forget that, for most of our history, Western and Maori New Zealanders grew up in parallel worlds. The Maori’s world stumbled along in comparatively low productivity, the population nearly becoming extinct c.1900. The Western New Zealanders became highly productive and thrived. By the 1960s the survivors […]
Read more..July 24, 2020
Lepidoptera Zealandia
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The history of New Zealanders and their culture is also the history of their language, English. New Zealand English is a special offshoot of what I refer to as the same ‘Mothership’ the Americans, Canadians, Australians, South Africans etc exited during different times and circumstances. Each colony was a photocopy of the original Mothership, Britain, […]
Read more..July 23, 2020
1700: The First Christchurch Gondola
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 24 October, 1992, The Mt Cavendish Gondola was open for business and is still running today under the name Christchurch Gondola. You can be seated in a gondola basket on a return trip to visit the cafe at the top and take in amazing views. What few realise is that this was not the […]
Read more..July 19, 2020
What is English language really?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The history of New Zealanders and their culture is also the history of their language, English. It has come to my attention that ‘educators’ today have been telling their ‘students’ that “for white people being interested in the history of Aotearoa is a hobby, but for maori it is life or death.” Or, “unfortunately being […]
Read more..July 18, 2020
1919: Combustible Krauts
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 19 July, 1919, Mt Eden Borough Council celebrated “peace” by burning seven prominent Germans and one Bulgarian. Twice! Don’t worry though, they were just effigies designed to catch on fire to delight the citizens of Mt Eden upon their mountain top. “…eight effigies, seven of prominent Germans and one of a Bulgarian, […]
Read more..July 17, 2020
Space Jobs
By NZB3
Southland to suffer a massive blow as its heavy industry, the electric smelter, threatens to close (Basically a well-paying State welfare program but a cheap one that props up an economy and many support industries.) National will promise to save the plant before this election is done and the people will rejoice. Judith Collins will […]
Read more..July 17, 2020
Labour 6.0: The Politics of Fear
By NZB3
Wow, so this is how it’s going to be? What’s worse, the lack of imagination or the resort to force? Let’s back up and start this post again.. Yesterday, the Opposition party, National, enthroned a new leader. I wrote about that new leader’s potential first moves (ref. Judith’s Gambit.) As predicted, Judith Collins’ campaign has the […]
Read more..July 16, 2020
Judith’s Gambit
By NZB3
Mum and Dad are home to relieve the babysitter! General Election 2020 just became contestable as the Opposition party, National, just got themselves a leader. I’m the only one thanking Muller the Plumber. I know what he did for his party. Officially though, and in the State Shared Fantasy, the role of leader was hurting Todd […]
Read more..July 15, 2020
