1844: The Birth of Pastoralism
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 9 May, 1844, is as good a day as any to signal the birth of pastoralism in New Zealand. We had counting for a long time before we had mathematics, and we had sheep (c.1833) before there was pastoralism. Today marks the moment in our history when someone really got […]
Read more..May 9, 2022
2006: The Seventh Maori King
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Maori King is not just the title of a cool clothing brand (image, left) but also that of Mr Tuheitia Paki who became our seventh king on 21 August 2006. As with many other future Maori leaders, Paki was educated at the famous St. Stephen’s College in Auckland which was made derelict by Labour 5.0 […]
Read more..May 7, 2022
1828: The Plundering of the Herald
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 6 May, 1828, the first ship ever built in this country came to a bad end. Herald was a Missionary-made ship launched on 24 January 1826 at the Paihia mission station. And, it was much needed. Just as a young New Zealander achieves a developmental milestone when he has access […]
Read more..May 6, 2022
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
