1902: The Learned Eleventh
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
One hundred years ago today in New Zealand history, 4 May, 1902, The Learned Eleventh set out on their way to South Africa. Our country, along with others, had completed the conquest of the sovereign nation of South Africa and it had not been easy. The Boer wanted to retain their own group identity and […]
Read more..May 4, 2022
“What is this pregnant-person rubbish?”
By NZB3
Anti-individualism is a way of life and doesn’t stop for tea or at some rational limit. It’s a philosophy of life and must express itself full-spread. “What is this “pregnant PERSON” rubbish? Only BIOLOGICAL WOMEN can be pregnant. Full stop.” – Someone Still Needs To Say It, Facebook Collectivists see themselves as a part in […]
Read more..May 4, 2022
1815: Death of Chief Ruatara
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in history, 3 May, 1815, Chief Ruatara of Ngapuhi died. He was the bridge between two other famous Ngapuhi chiefs who also tied connections to the world outside New Zealand. These were Te Pahi, directly before him, and Hongi Hika, directly after. Ruatara was a favorite of the Missionaries and gave them shelter to […]
Read more..May 2, 2022
1930: The Sugarbag Years
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The Great Depression in NZ is called The Slump or The Sugarbag Years¹. The later refers to the common practice of re-using sugar bags as clothing material. Flour bags too. “When everyone needs a bailout, and government is broke, who does the bailing?” We start eating our seed crop. We lower our standard of living. […]
Read more..April 28, 2022
1863: Do We Need A 3rd Rangiriri Pa?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The first Rangariri Pa was the second great stand of the retreating side in the Waikato War. This earth fortress of South Auckland was put to siege on 20 November 1863 was surrendered the very next morning. In all fairness, there’s another side to the surrender that has been creeping into the revisionist history books […]
Read more..April 27, 2022
1860s: Did ANZACs Fight The Waikato War?
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Scott Hamilton could probably run circles around anyone when it comes to Waikato War knowledge. It’s all he seems to ever write about and here we go again. In this article he hangs his theme on the idea that there was an Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) in the 1860s. This is anachronistic and […]
Read more..April 26, 2022
2022: ANZAC Day Dimming
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
I’ve attended ANZAC Dawn Service at numerious towns in Australia and New Zealand but this year, once again, there are none within reach. This year the Returned Services Associations are really phoning it in quite literally. It’s as if they were all getting government grants for AV equipment and large screens (perhaps with the requirement […]
Read more..April 25, 2022
1941: Intelligent Cereal Boxes
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
I’ve been thinking about the picture cards that used to come in Sanitarium Weetbix cereal boxes. They were part of the ‘internet’ of their day. I think every digital application we use today has an analogue equivalent in the past. Much of the spam and many of the very same jokes that pass around were […]
Read more..April 22, 2022
Ashley Bloomfield to Retire
By NZB3
The medical theatre part of the Cinders and Ash duo, Ashley Bloomfield, is to “retire” according to headlines. That word, retire, conjures up an image of an old man literally retiring to his rocking chair in the provinces leaving politics alone. Perhaps he’ll just put on an apron for the local school PTA not to […]
Read more..April 20, 2022
1950s: Free Gift Inside
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The decline of civilisation can be traced back to when they stopped putting toys in cereal boxes. If a society decides to carry a large underclass of low-IQ people then it requires breakfast cereals to match. Part of that product, from the 1950s to 2000, included the Free-Gift-Inside and Collect-The-Whole-Set! toy of the moment. From […]
Read more..April 18, 2022
1929: One Day Flight
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
New Zealand was excited to participate in the new age of aviation. If only the Government would get out of the way! Today in history, 15 April, 1929, history was made when two men flew from Christchurch to Auckland in a single day. Auckland Aero Club committee member Spencer Mason and club instructor Major Gerald […]
Read more..April 15, 2022
Another Police Virtue Signal on Wheels
By NZB3
Again? Gay car, farmer car, Pacificar, Maori car and now this. Urban cancer virtue signal police wheels….”A desire to support a good cause and a love of motorbikes has a West Coast Road Policing Officer taking on the Southern Alps on two ‘very small wheels’ in support of the Cancer Society….an endurance event which is […]
Read more..April 15, 2022
