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
1876: Death of Lord George Lyttleton
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 19 April, 1876, Lord George Lyttelton (59) killed himself by throwing himself down a flight of stairs in his home, Hagley Hall. A feat only an upper class Englishman could hope to execute. With the stairs in my house I’d have to repeat the exercise many times over to achieve that result. […]
Read more..April 19, 2023
2023: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories (ANZH) curriculum
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The new history curriculum is now (2023) officially in place in all New Zealand schools for Year 1–10 students. They call it ANZH: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum. As Dr Aroha Harris, University of Auckland, puts it: “The ANZH curriculum positions Māori history as “foundational and continuous”, so on that basis alone the future of […]
Read more..April 18, 2023
1851: The Ngatipaoa Invasion of Auckland
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand’s capital city, Auckland, was attacked by an invading confederation of some 300 Maori tribesmen of the Hauraki Gulf today in history, 17 April, 1851. A fleet of war canoes established a beachhead at Mechanics Bay where the Port of Auckland now stands. Aucklanders quite rightly feared for their lives even as the Maori […]
Read more..April 17, 2023
1841: Auckland’s First Gaol
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Tonight in New Zealand history, 16 April 1842, Sheriff James Coates and his Head Gaoler George McElwain made a special journey to work by lantern light specifically to contemplate the “Feculent Hovel” they presided over: Auckland’s first jailhouse. As with everything the Government touches things had already gone to hell and they were only just […]
Read more..April 16, 2023
