1877: The Greymouth and Kumara Tramway
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Kumara gold rush of 1876 opened up a new source of wealth which the nearby port towns of Hokitika to the south and Greymouth to the north obviously wanted form a supply line with. To the east of Kumara, to this day, is the much longer road all the way to Christchurch so that […]
Read more..December 3, 2022
2008: Martin Jetpack
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The premise of the Mel Brooks film The Producers (1967)is that a producer can make more money out of a play that is a flop than one that is a success. So, the sure-to-fail script of ‘Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden’ was born. Books’ film has been made […]
Read more..December 2, 2022
