2010: Pike River Mine Disaster
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, at 3:44 pm on 19 November 2010, a methane explosion was ignited at the Pike River Mine near Greymouth. Usual historical procedure would now involve miners rescuing and recovering any dead and it was assumed this would now occur. However, workmates and family were told to be quiet and wait. The mine […]
Read more..November 21, 2021
2008: Prime Minister John Key
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
It’s funny how this 1904 tobacco advertisement resembles the face of National 5.0 Prime Minister John Key. Key was sworn in to office on 19 November, 2008. He “served” 3 terms before retiring and handing over to Bill English who was, never the less, defeated at the 2017 election by Jacinda Ardern. The marketing people […]
Read more..November 19, 2021
Neil Roberts Day 2021
By NZB3
This day in New Zealand History, 18 November is Neil Roberts Day. The 22yo Anarchist, Neil, died in 1982 making a statement about the growing power of The State in our lives. His target was the perceived center of the New Zealand Government intelligence repository. Neil Roberts Day 2021 dawns at a time where New […]
Read more..November 18, 2021
1873: I Am Iron Man
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Henry Shacklock was an iron man from Nottinghamshire, England, who migrated to New Zealand in 1862 when he was 23. He had secure employment as a young ironmoulder in the Old World but it did not satisfy him so he came here to New Zealand, the booming land of opportunity. What happened instead must have […]
Read more..November 17, 2021
Cricket Theory
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The sport of cricket plays a prominent part in New Zealand’s culture as does rugby. Every generation since the Missionaries has been increasingly attracted to the players and the rules and the outcome of contests against other nations. Why? To understand this history we need to go back deeply into human anthropology with an intelligent […]
Read more..November 15, 2021
Boycotting Facebook
By NZB3
A letter written to an old Anarkiwi guy who quit Facebook for the alternative social media platforms/Dark Web… Much thanks. I’ve been looking for more of us too and decided I’d put up a flare so they could find me and here you are. Apart from Facebook you can now leave comments on Anarchist History […]
Read more..November 14, 2021
“Schools can call police if unvaccinated staff turn up next week”
By NZB3
The Big Government Game of Chicken continues to be played out with neither side swerving. The Government has instructed schools that… “If staff do turn up on site after this date, we encourage school leaders to deal with this in the usual manner you would if other inappropriate people were to turn up on site.” […]
Read more..November 13, 2021
“Freedumb”
By NZB3
Freedom makes you safe not tyranny. Is this the great disconnect? Those who are Collectivists hold the belief that safety comes from cutting down freedom and consent? Hence this meme shared with approval by pro-Lockdown and pro-Covid Hysteria folk. ‘Freedumb,’ they say, is a noun. “The belief that your personal freedom outweights others’ personal safety.” […]
Read more..November 12, 2021
1918: Armistice Day
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand history is well and truly on the move as differing relationships to today’s date clearly demonstrate. 11 November has, as of 1918, been Armistice Day. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, The Great War was over and done with, a turning point in our history, “least we forget.” […]
Read more..November 12, 2021
The Labour Chicken Begins To Flinch
By NZB3
We draw closer to the November 15th 2021 deadline that Labour 6.0 has drawn for ‘their’ school and health workers to be injected. In the earlier post A Very Large Game of Chicken the prediction was made by NZB3 that the Government would loose. In some ways they now already have lost in a last-ditch […]
Read more..November 11, 2021
1868: The Poverty Bay Massacre
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 9 November, 1868, Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki led a massacre upon the people living at what we today know as Gisbourne. Earlier, in July, Te Kooti had led some 320 men, women, and children out of the prisoner islands to freedom. In a daring jail break, Te Kooti’s band hijacked the […]
Read more..November 10, 2021
1899: Boer War
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The South African Republic (1852) became an enemy of New Zealand and we fought the Boer War against them from October 1899 to May 1902. They were fighting for their home and their identity with everything they had, men women and children. Our victory involved deporting their fighting men to Bermuda, St. Helena, and British […]
Read more..November 9, 2021
