1942: Women Jurors Act
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 26 October, 1942, the Women Jurors Act was passed by the Labour 1.0 Government. Its sponsor was Labour’s Mary Dreaver who put it forward on ideological lines since the public wasn’t really that fussed. Sidney Holland’s Opposition had a new strategy to basically agree with everything Labour did so that, eventually, they […]
Read more..October 29, 2023
1893: Atalanta’s Britches
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 18 August 1892 the Atalanta Cycling Club was formed in Christchurch as the first all-women’s cycling club in Australasia. The cycling craze was on and there were many clubs but now young women were making it their own. The club’s first secretary was Anna Burn, aged 19. Club Captain Blanche Lough was 18 so […]
Read more..October 26, 2023
1863: Affair At Mauku
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 23 October, 1863, the Waikato War became a real kinetic engagement with the Battle of Titi Farm. Tensions had been growing for a long time and the Auckland Settlers were anxious. Insurgent Maoris had been picking off stock, murdering farmers and children, plundering farms, and threatening massacres and wholesale invasion of Auckland […]
Read more..October 23, 2023
1840: Purchase of Auckland
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 20 October, 1840, the final deed of sale for the purchase of the site of Auckland was signed with Apihai Te Kawau and other Ngati Whatua chiefs. The process had taken a couple of days to finalise. Until 2018 there had been a monument at Quay St that stated the […]
Read more..October 20, 2023
1993: Hit the Ground Running
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Tim Finn’s single Hit The Ground Running is now 30 year old. Released in October 1993, it was one of the top tracks (along with Persuasion) from his solo album Before & After. Finn’s professional success was peaking in 1993 with an OBE in June and the release of Before & After in July. He had […]
Read more..October 16, 2023
1992: A City Possessed
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In New Zealand communities are as prone to hoaxes and moral panics as much as any other country in the world. Enlightened people think for themselves and reason independently however the majority of a given population subsist in what Carl Sagan called The Demon-Haunted World. the outlook is basically Medieval but instead of ghosts, spirits, […]
Read more..October 11, 2023
2017: The Class of 2017
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 23 September, 2017, New Zealand’s 17 day General Election finally came to an end. We stopped having a single Election Day in 2008 and shifted to a Prolonged Campaigning model or what the politicians tell us to call “Advance Voting.” In 2017 48% of votes were cast WHILE voters were under the influence of active […]
Read more..October 9, 2023
Mystery Box Luxon
By NZB3
After the General Election we will, finally, get to met Chris Luxon. Who the hell is he? Yes, you’re right. It would be ideal to know him prior to electing him but he can’t have that can he? A known quantity. Instead he has done everything he can to mirror Red Chris. The old true […]
Read more..October 7, 2023
1869: Mrs Richard Seddon
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Richard and Louisa Seddon, married on 13 January, 1869, were one of New Zealand’s great power couples. Women like Mrs Seddon put lie to the idea that women did not have freedom and a powerful role in society before The State gave them permission to vote in the government elections we are supposed to think […]
Read more..October 6, 2023
2021: ACC: “Have a hmmm”
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
“Have a hmmm” The Government health insurance agency, ACC, is liable every time a New Zealander has an ‘accident’ (though that word is used very liberally.) As a direct result of being our Big Brother the ACC, of course, tries to limit financial liabilities by using some of its budget to lecture the public about […]
Read more..October 3, 2023
1965: Kaimai Tunnel
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Kaimai is a Government tunnel began by National 2.0 on 2 October 1965 and completed on 12 September 1978 under National 3.0. It is New Zealand’s longest tunnel, 9km. It was over-budget and over-time but I think all public projects are secretly supposed to be that way. If they told us at the start what […]
Read more..October 2, 2023
2023: The Heroic Millennial
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Every era has its Heroic Generation. According to the Strauss-Howe Model I ascribe to the era we still live in today is the Millennial Saeculum (1946-??) which is named after its Hero Generation, the Millennials (b.1982-2001.) The prior Hero Generation flourished during WW1 and are called the G.I. Generation in American history but more rightly […]
Read more..October 1, 2023
