1865: Chch Public Smash and Burn Toll Road
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 12 January, 1865, The Avon Roads Board has had erected a toll-gate on Papanui Rd/Carlton Mill Corner. A Roads Board, if you hadn’t heard, was essentially The State slapping a title on communities coming together to form and maintain their own roads. Until 1863 the Canterbury Provincial Council (CPC) had tried to monopolise […]
Read more..January 13, 2019
1957: Happy Families
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Baby Boomer kids at play: Happy Families. My premise is that a child’s play is preparation for life. These card sets, c.1957, show that the life New Zealand children (girls in particular) wanted to prepare for was the assembly of a nuclear family. Father, mother, master, and miss. Wholesome Patriarchy It is also an ethnically […]
Read more..January 13, 2019
The Two Fundamental Political Questions
By VJM
There are a myriad of political questions under discussion, and every day that goes by there are more. All of these questions have contributed to a state of confusion. This essay seeks to cut through it, by arguing that all of those questions fundamentally boil down to two interdependent ones: Who and How Much? Politics […]
Read more..January 11, 2019
Demographer Dan McGlashan Explains This Week’s Horizon Research Cannabis Poll
By VJM
My name is Dan McGlashan, and I am the author of Understanding New Zealand, a demographic study of the Kiwi people. In this article, I will explain the results of the recent cannabis law reform poll by Horizon Research, which broke down support for the upcoming cannabis referendum by party affiliation and age. 60% of […]
Read more..January 11, 2019
1896: Reeves Resigns
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 10 January, 1896: Christchurch Liberal Party MP William Pember Reeves handed in his resignation. Reeves (1857-1932) was the Socialist Professor Frink (ref. The Simpsons) of his day. That is, a geeky Simpsons cartoon champagne socialist. In his case the eccentric technology that doesn’t work right was his economics and social planning. The part through […]
Read more..January 10, 2019
Located! NZ found on 865 Year Old Itallian Map
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Some early New Zealand historians (eg Eccles, Mackay) were willing to suggest Western discovery prior to Able Tasman. If so, the credit would go to Al-Idrisi (1154AD) for adding this to his famous manuscript and map ‘Tabula Rogeriana’. His King (of Italy) was actually Norman, having pulled off a similar caper in Italy as William […]
Read more..January 9, 2019
1867: Pheasant, blackbirds, thrushes and starlings
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
151 years of blackbirds and thrushes in Cantab! 10 January, 1867: The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society released imported pheasant, blackbirds, thrushes and starlings, according to DISCO. All of these birds are alive and well in Canterbury today. It was also around this time that the Society introduced the Australian magpie. Disastrous impact on native flora and […]
Read more..January 7, 2019
1834: Busby’s Shingle
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Mr Zam has made another exciting discovery on the Online Free Market Museum known as Trade Me’s Antiques & Collectables section. Genuine hand split kauri shingle from the roof of original treaty house ( 1834 ) Waitangi Bay of Islands New Zealand. It may date from 1934 when the Treaty House got a much needed renovation. […]
Read more..January 6, 2019
1934: First Waitangi Day
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Until 1932, the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and the Treaty House were in a shambles. The Governor General and his wife were appealed to and in a private act of charity purchased Waitangi along with 1000 acres of land as part of the estate. In 1934 all was ready for New Zealand’s first Waitangi Day. This […]
Read more..January 6, 2019
1932: A Funeral for the Rules
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Wanganui, 1932: Police and newspapermen led by a clergyman are pallbearing some football rules to the grave. Weird right? For a change, I’m not going to try to unravel what’s going on here specifically. Instead, let’s take a moment to reflect on the importance and need for historical events to be re-experienced and re-interpreted by […]
Read more..January 5, 2019
Most Radical Idea of the Human Race
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Since the Education Act (1877) was passed in New Zealand things have really been going down hill. — Image ref. The Underground History of American Education Post syndicated from http://ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz/most-radical-idea-of-the-human-race/.
Read more..January 4, 2019
1772: Marion Du Fresne’s Massacre
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne was an early French explorer to New Zealand, visiting the Bay of Islands in May 1772. Initially, the crew of the two ships he commanded got on really well with the local Maoris. Then, without warning, de Fresne and 27 of his men were betrayed in an ambush and massacred then eaten. […]
Read more..January 3, 2019
