1893: Her Worship Elizabeth Yates
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Her Worship Elizabeth Yates took office as Mayor of Onehunga borough on 16 January 1894 having been elected 29 November 1893. New Zealand had annual mayoral elections back then and Yates did not win a second term. However, she did come back as councilor for two terms between 1899 and 1901. Yates had stepped up […]
Read more..November 29, 2023
2008: Air New Zealand Crash
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 28 November, 2008, an Air New Zealand A320 passenger plane dived into the French Mediterranean. Remarkably enough this was 29 years to the day that Air New Zealand put a passenger plane into Mt Erebus in Antarctica. So if you’re superstitious perhaps stay away from government airlines for today? The Labour 5.0 […]
Read more..November 27, 2023
A New Ministry is Formed
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand has been ruled by many Ministries now. The seat of power, the Capital, has shifted from Sydney to Russell to Auckland and, finally, to Wellington. This transition took just over 25 years as The State took over the free colonies by invading north-to-south. As any Anarchist will tell you, The State is not […]
Read more..November 25, 2023
1863: Surrender of Rangiriri
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 21 November, 1863, the Surrender of Rangiriri. This was a strategic defensive fort the Maoris had built over the course of months but it fell in about two days. The Maori invasion of Auckland was going very poorly but the the counter-invasion of the Colony was doing very well. This […]
Read more..November 21, 2023
2021: Rotorua Boys High Goes Woke
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 20 November, 2021, Rotorua Boys’ High deleted their once proud House names after 93 years. As recently as 2013 the names of great British men had been celebrated anew with the addition of portraiture. As we know, in 2016 our culture took a turn for the Victimhood… “The “Black Lives Matter” movement […]
Read more..November 20, 2023
1914: Frances Parker Arrested
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Frances Parker (b.1875) was a well-to-do New Zealand woman who moved to England in 1896 to earn her degree at Cambridge. This was paid for by her famous uncle Lord Kitchener. Fanny grew up in Waitaki County but the family moved to Waimate District in her 20s which is where there is a monument to […]
Read more..November 20, 2023
Canterbury A&P Show 2023
By NZB3
Something wasn’t going right with the Canterbury A&P Show this year. For one thing, they re-named themselves New Zealand Agricultural Show by dropping the ‘pastoral’ from the title but that’s been wrong since 2018. I visited on Thursday the 16th between rainstorms so it was sunny and pleasant and not too busy. Last year was […]
Read more..November 18, 2023
1931: Policy of Adaptation
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In 1931 the Policy of Adaptation was set down as Government policy whenever it came to Maori schooling and has remained so ever since. There were times before when a Policy of Integration was pursued became some legislators thought it best to provide young native minds with the same lessons as the Anglo New Zealanders […]
Read more..November 16, 2023
1990: The David Gray Manhunt
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Tonight in New Zealand history, 7.30pm, 13 November, 1990, David Gray of Aramoana proceeded to massacre his neighbors and hold off 6 police forces using one riffle. Grey killed 13 people including the local police sergeant, Stewart Guthrie. Three others he shot but did not kill, starting off with Chiquita Holden (9 years old) and […]
Read more..November 13, 2023
1912: Spring Cleaning at Waihi
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 12 November, 1912, the mining town of Waihi was subjected to a good Spring scrubbing. For most of the year the town had been occupied by hostile unemployed men who demanded mining jobs on their own terms. They had no other main focus but to disrupt, abuse, taunt, and even […]
Read more..November 12, 2023
1948: City of Timaru
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
75 years ago, today in history, 11 November, 1948, Timaru was gazetted as a city. New Zealand’s 10th. The population had reached 20,000. The people of Timaru could now call themselves “citizens” rather than “burgesses.” The entity ceased to exist in 1989 due to The Great Amalgamation. Instead, Timaru District Council gobbled it up along […]
Read more..November 11, 2023
Maori Are Not The Indigenous People Of New Zealand
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Trust the Australian Associated Press to gate-keep our New Zealand history for us… “A long-held but unsupported claim that Maori are not the indigenous people of New Zealand has resurfaced on social media. The post, made to a Facebook discussion group on November 16, claims that there were “many other races” already living in New […]
Read more..November 10, 2023
