1864: Coal on the Coast
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand History, 28 July, 1864, the first cargo¹ of the great West Coast coal supply chain was shipped from Greymouth. It was preceded only by Captain Moore’s 50 tons in 1840 collected from near Farewell Spit and taken to Wellington¹. The 1864 coal came from what would soon become Brunner Mine and […]
Read more..July 28, 2023
Optimus Prime Toaster
By NZB3
Returning home last night from watching the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts I took a tangent away from an image-editing job. This was a kids movie and a kid persuaded me to see it with them. Even movies I do not enjoy can be deconstructed and diagnosed but this film was at least watchable […]
Read more..July 23, 2023
1881: King Tawhiao Visits Cambridge
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 21 July., 1881, Maori King Tawhiao came to Cambridge with 600+ of his people for some 4 days in a peaceful reception. The King had kept Cambridge waiting like a groom at the altar waiting for the bride to appear at the church. The guests were organised for attendance a […]
Read more..July 21, 2023
1984: The Fall of Fortress New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 18 July, 1984, Fortress New Zealand ended. Against out-going National 3.0 Prime Minister Rob Muldoon the new government “devalued” the national currency. Of course, governments cannot really bestow or revoke value at all but they can hold others at gunpoint and make them pretend to. That is what we did after our […]
Read more..July 18, 2023
2002: Police Ten 7
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 18 July, 2002, a new form of crime television came to our screens: Police Ten 7 featuring Graham Bell. New Zealand was in one of its periodic Honour Culture eras. Crime was not tolerated, criminals not revered, the Woke took shelter for these times were not for the weak. In the 2020s […]
Read more..July 17, 2023
1969: Rotary Park
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Explore New Zealand towns while paying attention to who is responsible for the infrastructure and you’ll quickly realise it’s not the government we must thank. Playgrounds, fountains, clocks, picnic tables, shelters, and all sorts of valuable amenities were created by free people voluntarily donating their time and money without threat of force. Lions, Jaycees, and […]
Read more..July 5, 2023
Indiana Jones 4
By NZB3
As a very late Generation X, and for other reasons, I was excluded from being a part of the culture of my cohort. A bit like not being in on the joke except it’s no joke, it’s generational identity. When it comes to films, I was too late to be part of things like Ghost […]
Read more..July 2, 2023
