1868: Arrowtown Library
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Arrowtown Library opened on 2 May 1868 as the creation of the public rather than The State. However, government has taken the library over many times and run it into the ground. Each time, the Anarchist spirit of free people have raised it back up again only to have it, once again, seized by The […]
Read more..August 12, 2025
1877: St Mary’s Upokongaro
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
St Mary’s Anglican Church at Upokongaro (est. 1877) is being deconsecrated this Sunday. Christians are in retreat from Wanganui’s longest-operating church. Only 5 years ago the church was given extensive repairs and repainting and is now more accessible than ever thanks to a new bridge. The parish has agreed to either sell or gift the […]
Read more..August 8, 2025
1909: The Murchison Airship Factory
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The inland South Island town of Murchison faced a crisis in 1909 of their own making. The good citizens of the Waimea Plains had been talking for a few years about a dairy factory of their own. In particular, the manager of Hodgson’s Store, Horace Boyes, made a particularly well-prepared speech and it was decided […]
Read more..August 4, 2025
1979: The Moerewa Riot
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in Northland, August 3, 1979, Moerewa was a warzone. 3 Rival gangs battled it out: The Stormtroopers vs. New Zealand Police and the Fire Department. Stormtroopers are a Maori gang that emerged from the government slums designed for diversity and harmony but which achieved the opposite of the intended result as government programs always […]
Read more..August 3, 2025
1951: Columbine
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
One of Gisborne’s oldest family-owned businesses at nearly 75 years is now closing. Columbine (est.1951) is done. “Managing director Michael Thorpe expressed his deep sadness over the decision…He said 45 roles will be disestablished, with the closure on August 1, and extended his “heartfelt thanks” to all staff members.” “It was driven by a combination […]
Read more..August 2, 2025
1912: Kaitangata Post Office
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Kaitangata’s 1912 Post Office still stands today. It has the fortune to have been owned by people who care for it and are working hard to improve it. Current owners, the Collins family, are antique dealers and also publish their home renovations on a public Facebook Page. What more could anyone in the history of […]
Read more..July 31, 2025
2007: Kiwisaver
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
A Ponzi scheme is an investment scam that pays early investors with money taken from later investors. Eventually the fraud peters out when enough of the participants realise they are going to be givers not takers. Try this privately and the government will make a criminal of you. New Zealand’s greatest such scheme was created […]
Read more..July 30, 2025
1979: Michael Hill Jeweller
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Michael Hill (1938-2025) was a Silent Generation New Zealander famous for his chain of about 300 jewelry shops around New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. The first outlet was in Hill’s home town of Whangarei in 1979. Auckland, Hastings, Palmerston North, Hamilton and Lower Hutt followed. The South Island kicked off in 1987 at Christchurch. Ref. […]
Read more..July 29, 2025
1972: Papakura Museum
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Papakura Museum started life in 2 humble sites. In 1972 it started life in 2 rooms in a converted house. From 1982 to 1999 it had its own building, the old Papakura Fire Station. Its birth coincides, once again, with the energetic burst of heritage interest on the part of mid-life and elder New Zealanders […]
Read more..July 26, 2025
University of the South Pacific Climate Activists Triumph
By NZB3
A group of law students from the University of the South Pacific have been grievously misled. Their Australian environmental law professor has tutored them up to learn how to be climate change grifters. Not only to believe that man-made climate change is real but to follow that up by making a career out of having […]
Read more..July 24, 2025
1846: First Ever Dawn Raid
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 23 July, 1846, probably the first ever Dawn Raid by the New Zealand government. Governor George Grey resolved to target Chief Te Rauparaha in order to disorganise and demoralise some of his swamp-dwelling kin. These were led by Rauparaha’s nephew, Rangihaeata. It worked. The raiders fell apart and Rauparaha’s power vacuum was […]
Read more..July 23, 2025
When Heritage Meets Handouts: Who’s Really Curating the Past?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Consider the latest posts from 2 of our New Zealand museums, Thames (est. 1974) and Papakura (est. 1972.) One has created an interactive display with some laminated paper stuck to a brick and I like that. Number 8 wire. She’ll be right mate. The other one put in for taxpayer dollars from Auckland Council and […]
Read more..July 21, 2025
