1923: Farewell to Otira Coaches
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Until the Otira Tunnel opened (4 August, 1923) it was up to horse-drawn coaches to bridge the gap between Canterbury and Westland’s railways. The end of the line on the east side was at Cass and on the west side it was Otira. This left 25 miles (40km) to negotiate which includes Arthurs Pass Village. […]
Read more..August 6, 2023
Christian Software Patch: Uninstall
By NZB3
The Roman era is different to the Christian because of the object of sacrifice. Like primitives, the Romans held that gods both large and small determined forces of nature and that they were personal and could be appealed to. Food or drink, the lives of animals or children or slaves were taken in the name […]
Read more..August 6, 2023
Happy to let itself be ruled
By NZB3
This information interferes with several of their cherished beliefs… “The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled. […]
Read more..August 5, 2023
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
1952: Kamaka’s Last Drink
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In June 1952 the Kamaka Hotel was closed by The State, putting an end to what used to be an important West Coast township. The site is still there today and someone has helpfully put up some information panels on the farm gate. As the founders saw it, Kamaka was on the Grey River but […]
Read more..June 26, 2023
Measurement, Epistemology, Politics
By NZB3
Here is a question I found interesting from an unknown person wanting a connection between measurement, epistemology, and political groups to be elaborated upon. This association seems to explain the different points of view that Conservatives, Libertarians, Progressives, and Woke Leftists have about reality itself. And, it maps right on to the basic textbook learning […]
Read more..June 25, 2023
