1835: Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 28 October, 1838, a contrived ceremony took place at Waitangi. Maoris had no input into it and didn’t really know what was going on. In theory they had picked a flag the year before but in reality they didn’t even understand the concept of what it meant to vote for one preference […]
Read more..October 28, 2022
The Primacy Effect
By NZB3
All the best for a thorough recovery to all involved at Westport last Friday who got into a car vs. motorbike crash outside my preferred cafe on the main street. Mike Jax shared this photo (left) of himself with a post to the West Coast community about the circumstances and his condition. It’s all public […]
Read more..October 26, 2022
Black Adam
By NZB3
The DC Comics film Black Adam is out and continuing the same very basic level cinema as all of the other attempts in the DC Universe. In a nutshell the criticism others have also made is apt. The Protagonist Dwayne Johnson has played the same character in the same movie yet again. Instead of creating […]
Read more..October 24, 2022
1867: Tuahiwi
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The remains of the Ngai Tahu tribesmen in Canterbury made a great alliance in 1848 with the Kemp Deed though it came much too late to avoid their destruction. The natives had been beaten and scattered by the Ngati Toa invasion at the hands of Chief Te Rauparaha (See 1830: Slaughter by Surprise) and only […]
Read more..October 21, 2022
1942: Tarawa Massacre
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 15 October, 1942, seventeen captured New Zealand Prisoners of War and five civilians were beheaded by their captors. They were the first Japanese prisoners of war from New Zealand and several did not even know they were soldiers. To keep watch on the Germans sixty two little Coastwatch Units were set up […]
Read more..October 15, 2022
