1860: The West Coast Purchase
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 21 May, 1860, 100 or so Ngai Tahu sold the entire West Coast of the South Island to the Crown. James Mackay paid the natives just $40,000 (£300.) The gold alone mined from these lands would be $2.8 billion. It was a sweet deal and Greymouth’s main street to this day is […]
Read more..May 21, 2023
1972: Ruth Ross Redux
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Typical of many left-wing white alpha females Ruth Ross was an accademic government bureaucrat and she had a special interest. Ross, years ahead of her time, was interested in Treaty of Waitangi revisionism which these days has become one of New Zealand’s major industries. In 1953 Ross was given the plumb job by John Beaglehole […]
Read more..May 19, 2023
1884: Gore Gospel Temperance Society
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand has had several waves of temperance and, believe it or not, they’re far from finished. The Wokesters of their day also created the ‘Me Too’ of their day, the Suffragettes. They persecuted the working folk by going after their drug of choice. This banner (image left) comes from the Gore Woman’s Gospel Temperance […]
Read more..May 15, 2023
1918: Great War Debating Chamber
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 9 May, 1918, the House of Representatives started using their new debating chamber. The seats have changed but it is much the same today and so are the grounds. The parliamentarians (aka leading gang members in this country) lost their old club house to a fire. The replacement was a creation of […]
Read more..May 9, 2023
1939: The First State Babies
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand’s Labour 1.0 Government is infamous for setting out to take over the lives of citizens “from the cradle to the grave.” As of the stroke of midnight on 16 May, 1939, the ‘cradle’ part of this controlling calculation was in force. Just 7 minutes later Mrs Elsie Sharp of Matakana gave birth to […]
Read more..May 8, 2023
Are We Running Out Of Things To Call Racist?
By NZB3
Are We Running Out Of Things To Call Racist? Nah. I think we already did run out and have been getting more creative for years now. Aggression became Micro-Aggression. Watched the first Angry Birds Movie again and it reminded me that ‘Hate Crime’ once occupied the space long since taken over by ‘Hate Speech’ and […]
Read more..May 5, 2023
1981: Tip Top Zorro
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Tip Top new how to make exciting novelty ice creams back in the 1980s. This one was ‘Zorro’ and as you can see from the picture it’s a fairly complex construction of ice cream architecture. Yet at 8 cents each it goes to show how well our government monetary control is doing at handling inflation! […]
Read more..May 4, 2023
1820: God Speed the Plough
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 3 May, 1820, the first plough was taken to New Zealand’s soil. It was pulled by a team of 6 bullocks and driven by John Butler of the Church Missionary Society. Considering how much life has come to New Zealanders thanks to this invention and thanks to its introduction the […]
Read more..May 3, 2023
1995: Cave Creek Collapse
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 28 April 1995, 14 young people fell to their deaths when a Government viewing platform collapsed under their feet on the West Coast. The National 4.0 Government launched an inquiry at once but as this Tremain cartoon (below) of the day shows the brief excluded an examination of their own fiscal policy. […]
Read more..April 28, 2023
They’re All Grifters Aren’t They?
By NZB3
The post from Peter Cresswell’s blog Don’t feed the grifters (March 2023) accurately identifies a species of Tourist Grifter that New Zealand receives from time to time. Posie Parker put in a little effort visiting Auckland and walked away with publicity and extra donations that money can’t buy after the stationary riot in Albert Park. […]
Read more..April 26, 2023
1910: Grafton Bridge
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in Auckland history, 25 April, 1910, Grafton Bridge opened. Made of concrete and steel, it was the largest reinforced concrete arch in the world at the time¹. This was what construction was like in New Zealand before bureaucratic inefficiency really set in. The project took only 2 years and was done before the technology […]
Read more..April 25, 2023
1940: Bernard Freyberg and Carol Hirschfeld
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealanders of German descent, such as Carol Hirschfeld and Bernard Freyberg, made up the largest migrant group to this country apart from Britain. These families have made strong contributions to the new nation including Missionarys and the earliest colonies at Akaroa and Nelson in the 1840s. Of course, we persecuted our German family members […]
Read more..April 21, 2023
