1892: The Doctor of No Town
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, Friday 5 August, 1892, Dr John Henry Grattan died in a converted chicken coup aged 48 in accordance with his wishes. He had been an essential public figure and the doctor of No Town and the surrounding area. This Grey Valley town thrived for a generation or so while the gold lasted […]
Read more..August 5, 2022
2008: The New Zealand Pacific Party
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 4 August, 2009, Philip Field was found guilty of corruption and bribery for which he ended up in prison. Field was New Zealand’s first Pacific Islander to be elected to Parliament. The Samoan had risen to become a MHR in the seat of Otara, the government-made immigrant slumlands, then moved down the […]
Read more..August 4, 2022
1962: The Treaty of Friendship
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Samoans were having their own bloody equivalent of the Maori Musket Wars. And, in the same time period. Fierce tribe-on-tribe violence was curbed here, as in NZ, by independent Whalers and Missionaries after the 1830s. When it was safe, in came the politicians. The Great Powers of Germany, USA, and Britain divided up the islands […]
Read more..August 3, 2022
1943: Liberator Crash at Whenuapai
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Tonight in history, 2 August, 1943, a United Airlines B-24 Liberator was destroyed. At least 3 crew and 13 civilian Prisoners of War (Japanese & Taiwanese women and children) were killed in a failed take-off from Whenuapai air base. This isn’t even the only Liberator to crash in 1943, and mishaps of this sort were […]
Read more..August 2, 2022
1854: New Zealand’s First City, Christchurch
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 31 July, 1856, Christchurch was first in New Zealand to be qualified as a “city.” Not because it was the eldest or most populated or educated or wealthy or anything of that sort. It was because this most English and Anglican of colonies had great connections with the very English and Anglican Mothership- England. […]
Read more..July 31, 2022
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
By NZB3
The West, and New Zealand, are very much in Slave Culture mode. Others call it Clown World. July 2022 started out with some clear signals of Ritualistic Slave Cult behavior and it has ended with it too now that Tom Hanks and Pat Benatar have self-mutilated too just to try to stay ‘cool’ with the […]
Read more..July 29, 2022
1938: Heavy Snow for Greymouth
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 29 July, 1938, heavy snow fell in Greymouth. A rare event. No snow had even been seen for the past 7 years. “For the first time for seven years snow fell in Greymouth to-day, when weather suggestive of a blizzard was experienced right down to the sea coast. Mild temperatures were experienced […]
Read more..July 29, 2022
1864: The Old Man of Rangiaohia
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Old Man of Rangiaohia is a story that could be made into an exciting action drama. Check out some of these quotes: “This is not someone to underestimate..” “Any more you send to me, I’m sending back in bags. Any one you send to my kid, I’m sending back in pieces.” “You have no idea […]
Read more..July 26, 2022
1871: Bean Rock Lighthouse
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Bean Rock Lighthouse guards the entrance to Auckland Harbor and was officially opened on 24 July, 1871. Apart from being functional it’s a valuable historical monument to a key time in our colonial history. ‘Bean’ was given its name from one of Captain Joseph Nias’ officers who mapped the harbor in 1840 on HMS Herald. […]
Read more..July 24, 2022
1840: Lavaud and Hobson Make a Deal
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
This morning in New Zealand history, 23 July, 1840, William Hobson quietly sent HMS Britomart to Wellington. But it was a ruse. While Commodore Lavaud and his battleship lingered with Hobson at the Bay of Islands the English ship was really going to Banks Peninsula to secure Akaroa. French settlers, the ones Lavaud was in […]
Read more..July 23, 2022
1858: Parliament Supreme
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history marks a great stride forward in Government control over New Zealand and the trend to Statism. Edward Stafford’s Ministry passed the Waste Lands Act on 23 July, 1858. This established Central Government’s power to legislatively audit all the New Zealand provinces’ land law policies. Big Government now had the power to oversee […]
Read more..July 22, 2022
1987: The Re-Election of Labour 4.0
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 23/07/1987, this image (left:) Dramatising Labour 4.0 begging for more time in office to complete their policy platforms. It’s the first shot of a campaign advertisement from the National Party. Jim Bolger’s National were campaigning on fear. Not a plan to win the election so much as to make the other mob […]
Read more..July 21, 2022
