1840: Dissolving the Port Nicholson Settlers’ Council
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 4 June, 1840, the free settlers of Port Nicholson were deprived of self-government by an invasion from the north. As the settlers sailed and then set up their new home in future Wellington, a gang of military officers plotted to install themselves as the masters of this and all the […]
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1867: The Wanganui Herald
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 3 June, 1867, John Ballance owned his own printing press and released his first newspaper edition – The Evening Herald. It was later re-named The Wanganui Herald. Ballance went on to be Prime Minister in the most horrible Liberal era. The Wangnui Herald went on until 1986 when it was ended but […]
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1941: Operation Mercury
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 1 June, 1941, New Zealand’s warriors surrendered the island of Crete to the Germans. Really it was all over by Day 2 of the Nazi’s invasion which they called ‘Operation Mercury.’ We called it massacring-lots-of-Germans-as-they-floated-down-to-earth-in-parachutes. The Krauts earned their victory with blood but they were always going to win. The […]
Read more..June 1, 2021
