1842: The Bishop of New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 30 May, 1842, a new religious invasion force came to this country led by George Selwyn. With his 22 missionary apostles the Bishop of New Zealand set out with equipment and biotechnolgoy with which to stamp their Anglican authority on the colonies and tribes. Selwyn even took along a Maori […]
Read more..May 30, 2022
1953: Conquest of Everest
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 29 May, 1953, Edmund Hillary and his Napalese companion Tenzing Norgay were the first men to reach the top of the world’s tallest mountain: Mt Everest. Hillary came of age in the 1930s as part of a generation re-discovering Physical Culture. The Depression had been hard on the young because […]
Read more..May 28, 2022
1943: Coates Dies in Office
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 27 May, 1943, Gordon Coates collapsed and died in Parliament at his desk. Not the first and, hopefully, not the last of our Prime Ministers to die on parliament grounds. Coates had been Prime Minister himself some 20 years previous. But, now, during Labour 1.0 and WW2 days, he remained a powerful force. When […]
Read more..May 27, 2022
1979: Winston Peters Gets In
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Winston Peters was a protege of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (National 3.0) and in particular the ‘Barnstorming’ political style Rob had in the mid-1970s. Peters gained the office of an MP in 1979 not by election but by Electoral Court. Malcolm Douglas, brother of another Labour MP, Roger, was booted out in favor of Peters […]
Read more..May 24, 2022
1840: The Proclamations of Sovereignty
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
From today in history, 21 May, 1840, New Zealand became a British Colony with all inhabitants subject to the laws of England. This, our legal founding, was accomplished by the William Hobson Gang by issuing two Proclamations of Sovereignty. One was for the North Island, one was for the South Island and Stewart Island. Things […]
Read more..May 21, 2022
1938: The Affair Of The Four Colonels
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand, in 1938, did not have a modern army and we were not ready for the new form of warfare that was coming. Labour 1.0 came to power as a Victimhood Culture Government in 1935 and then presided over a Slave Culture era. Many of the Ministers had been imprisoned as Conscientious Objectors during […]
Read more..May 19, 2022
Dissociative Disorder Packs
By NZB3
The government has started handing out activity packs to traumatised children to deliberately make up for their lack of love and support in a crisis. It’s an idea directly imported from England by local government and paid for by central government. The activity packs resemble some kind of prize given out for being a good […]
Read more..May 17, 2022
1846: Boulcott’s Farm Raid
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 16 May, 1846, some 200 Maoris attacked Boulcott’s farm on the Hutt River. The Settlers had been harassed before in an outburst of violence that threatened to make the Wairau Massacre look like The Teddy Bear’s Picnic. So, they were prepared. Te Rangihaeata was the mastermind behind the attack, just as he […]
Read more..May 16, 2022
1864: Battle of Moutoa
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 14 May, 1864, the Wanganui War concluded with the Battle of Moutoa which was fought between Pai Marire and Kupapa Maoris. The former were religious cultists, struggling to find meaning in a world torn between their ancient and violent ways and the new Christian ancient and violent ways. The Hauhau/Pai […]
Read more..May 14, 2022
1962: Maoris and Early Settlers
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In April, 1962, the Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company released a very historically interesting set of toys in every packet of cornflakes and puffed wheat. The Maoris and Early Settlers series consisted of 8 figures advertised (image, left) as follows: Colonial soldier- Maoris wars Maori girl with pois Maori Chief in dogskin cloak holding a mere […]
Read more..May 12, 2022
1920: Royal Prince Visit
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 11 May, 1920 one of the royal princes from Windsor Inc. was touring our country had arrived in the South Island. This was Prince Edward, the famous uncle to our current Queen Elizabeth II who became king for almost an entire year only to abdicate on 11 December 1936. Curiously […]
Read more..May 11, 2022
Slashing Tyres, Taking Fingers
By NZB3
Once every 20 years of so New Zealand, and the West, sounds a barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. A particular Moral Culture comes over us that is different for each generation but it’s a culture rooted in the same logos as all the previous iterations. Cultures are not museum pieces, they are the […]
Read more..May 10, 2022
