1770: Christmas in Batavia
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Over 250 years ago now, James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour completed the circumnavigation of North Island- demonstrating it is indeed an island. It’s good to know and we South Islanders are still very grateful for it! On 9 February, 1770, an important point had to be proven. That, Nieuw Zeeland, as the Dutch […]
Read more..February 9, 2024
1819: Maori Invasion of Rotuma
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Rotuma is a small island north of Fiji with its own ethnic identity though part of Fiji. By the 1830s it had become a whaling port so English was widely spoken there. The natives were subject to Tongan invasion and civil wars, especially in the 1870s, which were only coloured by the competing Catholic and […]
Read more..February 5, 2024
1993: Bailey’s 818
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Christchurch nightclubs Bailey’s 818 (Colombo Street) and Bailey’s Downtown emerged from the 1980s disco, pop, and ‘hair bands’ era in the year 1993. The founder, Anthony Bailey, had a background as a disco DJ and by all accounts (sources, Facebook and Old Friends Archive) knew his trade very well and was well-liked by staff and […]
Read more..January 30, 2024
1848: Brunner’s Fleet
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 26 January, 1848, Thomas Brunner set out to explore the Grey River all the way from Mawhera (Greymouth) to Lake Brunner. This was only a sub-expedition for the 27yo man as part of a 550-day expedition. This was Brunner’s second such expedition to Mawhera having been the first white man, […]
Read more..January 26, 2024
1930: Kirwee Colonel
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in Canterbury history, 25 January, 1930, the monument at Kirwee was unveiled. It’s a wonderful and quite unique Art Deco interpretation of Ottoman domed architecture of the sort you wouldn’t expect to see in rural Canterbury. Yet, it’s quite appropriate to associate this 1870s water race and its prime mover: Colonel De Renzie Brett. […]
Read more..January 25, 2024
1890: St Andrews Church of Loburn
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
St Andrew’s Church at Loburn, North Canterbury, was opened on 26 October 1890. It burned to the ground last Friday the 19th of January 2024. The final service in the church was held in December 2006. Ref. Waimakariri Libraries Or, perhaps it was November 2006. Ref. The Press, National Library Loburn itself kicked off in […]
Read more..January 23, 2024
1967: The Strongman Mine Disaster
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The rescue attempt continued all night and the next day after a huge explosion within the Government’s Strongman Mine on the West Coast today in history, 19 January, 1967. An official inquiry found that the state-run coal mine had neglected safety procedures. 240 men were in the path of a deadly fireball that, by luck, […]
Read more..January 19, 2024
1910: Chew Chong Celebrated
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Chew Chong, a Sino-Zelandian, was a pioneer of New Zealand’s export butter trade. He also created an industry for ‘Taranaki Wool’ by recognising that demand for this product in China was high enough to pay NZ colonists to pick it. Chong first came to Otago for the gold rush but as an entreprener not a […]
Read more..January 17, 2024
Politics in Heterogenia
By NZB3
The greatest Extinction Burst in cinema was the fate of the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) as it was melted down and destroyed. The evil sociopathic Janus-faced robot revisited every face and shape it had used in the whole film to manipulate and murder until its repertoire was extinguished at last. Politicians are […]
Read more..January 14, 2024
1942: Musick Point
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 12 January, 1942, the Labour 1.0 Prime Minister Peter Fraser officially opened Musick Memorial Radio Station. “For 40 years most of Auckland’s aviation and maritime radio communications were routed through this site.”- memorial plate on the site The station is named ‘Musick’ after Captain Edwin Musick who was chief pilot for Pan […]
Read more..January 12, 2024
1918: Brownies
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Hundreds of thousands of Kiwi women have been Brownies over the years. What they did not know, until now, that their very identity was “racist” and “offensive.” That is, according to Girl Guides of Canada who changed the name in early 2023 to ‘Embers’. Hopefully Scouting New Zealand (these days called Scouts Aotearoa New Zealand) […]
Read more..January 11, 2024
1863: Harp of Erin Tunnel
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
John Strange built many historical landmarks of Auckland and at his death (1882) was one of the oldest colonists. They have lasted because Strange was a Master Mason and his products were of Auckland basalt. Many of these are heritage listed buildings such as his own cottage, Kinder House, and The Deanery which are all […]
Read more..January 8, 2024
