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
1938: Trethewey’s Heros
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Sculptor William Trethewey grew up in Christchurch during the 1890s Great Unraveling. Thus, he came of age in a crisis period when New Zealand needed heroes and heroic art. This picture (left) shows one of his works, now lost, of a Pioneer Generation father and son commissioned for the 1940 Centennial Exhibition (8 November 1939 […]
Read more..November 8, 2023
1990: David’s Got A Gun
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
What drove David Grey to lash out against men, women, and children in his little seaside community? He murdered 13 people on 13 November, 1990. Then was killed himself in a blaze of ignominy as the combined force of over 150 police finally put Grey down on 14 November, 1990. It was a Wednesday, the […]
Read more..November 6, 2023
1982: The Warehouse
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Warehouse, New Zealand’s great retailer, is now in its 40s since opening their first store on Wairau Road in Auckland on c.3 November, 1982 . It created a fury with competitors who set their local government attack dogs to shut it down on grounds of zoning. Stephen Tindall shut it down alright and moved […]
Read more..November 3, 2023
2006: 5 Cent Coin Abolished
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The New Zealand 5 cent coin was abolished on 1 November, 2006. It had existed since decimilisation on 10 July 1967. Ref. 1967: Decimalisation, AHNZ New Zealand’s currency has become so weak that 5 cents no longer had any purchasing power so getting rid of the coin was an admission and symbol of this economic […]
Read more..November 1, 2023
