1905: Te Hapa o Niu Tireni
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 15 July, 1905, the opening of Te Hapa o Niu Tireni in Temuka, South Canterbury: “Some three years ago the old hall at the Temuka Maori pah, the scene of many a memorable native meeting, was destroyed by fire. Its successor has at last reared its head from the ashes, […]
Read more..June 15, 2025
1904: Brunnerton Slip
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Terrible Calamity at about 2:30am, 25 May, 1904 at Brunnerton: Jones’s Terminus indeed! Sadly literal. “The wind was howling and the rain coming down in torrents and lights could not be kept burning.” “The place is situated just a little above the Brunner railway station and on the opposite side to the Presbyterian Church. “ […]
Read more..June 11, 2025
Identifying as Maori
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Worth it. Whatever it costs you’ll make it back on special education grants, rates exemptions, special back-door entry into professional degrees. For the right people a seat on the local council without the need for messy campaigns or pesky elections. Brings DEI value to any workplace. You get special food-gathering rights, consultation fees, and ownership […]
Read more..June 5, 2025
The Azaria Chamberlain Madeleine McCann Show
By NZB3
Little girl lost, Madeline McCann, hasn’t been seen since 2007. Since then her humanity has been truly eclipsed by media spectacle which reduces her to an invisible zombie. Every year or so the specter of the little dead girl ‘we’ refuse to let die will be resurrected and paraded. In 2025 this has just happened […]
Read more..June 4, 2025
Breaucratic Popularity Contest
By NZB3
DOC need to win popularity contest. Get more funding in budget. So, we’re saturated in photos of DOC staff in nifty uniforms in nature hugging kiwis as if the birds just hopped into their arms spontaneously for a cuddle. Sadly, Police have to do this too. Hence, their various Woke car detailing, tattoos, and uniform […]
Read more..June 3, 2025
1986: Bilingual Egmont
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
David Lange’s Labour 6.0 Ministry had Mr Koro Wetere as its Minister for Maori Affairs as well as Minister of Lands. Koro’s seat was Western Maori too so he had some home bias to contend with when it came to being in “the hot seat” over the re-naming of Mt Egmont to Mount Taranaki. The […]
Read more..May 29, 2025
Mission: Impossible – McGuffin Overload!
By NZB3
So, we now have the completion of the new 2-part Mission Impossible film. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) has been followed up with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025.) What a drag it was. Much like The Force Awakens (2015) we were let down by Dead Reckoning. But also in this […]
Read more..May 29, 2025
1941: Auckland Mayor John Allum
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Today in New Zealand history, 28 May, 1941, John Allum became the mayor of Auckland. This portrait (left) has been mothballed for decades in the city archives. They didn’t even know who it was and that it was someone else! Only turned up because the archives were being shifted to the North Shore to (I […]
Read more..May 28, 2025
1922: Girdleston Peak War Memorial
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
World War 1 memorial destroyed by a Maori activist and a Feminist writer. New Zealanders owe a great debt to the contributions of its early surveyors as well as the ANZAC soldiers. Sergeant Hubert Girdlestone (1879-1918) was both of these in one. Hugh, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, had the misfortune to be killed […]
Read more..May 27, 2025
1968: Inangahua Earthquake
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Most of New Zealand felt the earthquake (7.1) that struck the settlement of Inangahua today in history, Friday May 24, 1968, at 5.24am. Three people were killed and 14 counted as injured. Great video here from Nelson Provincial Museum showing the damage and hurt. 70% Of the dwellings in the town were made uninhabitable. Aftershocks […]
Read more..May 24, 2025
1914: St Kilda Community Library
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
In St Kilda, Dunedin, a perfectly good Anarchist library is about to be replaced by a government one. The 1914 St Kilda Community Library didn’t tax anyone. It was run by voluntary effort for 110 years. “The library has been run and kept open by volunteers since its inception.” “The library originally opened in April […]
Read more..May 24, 2025
1988: Fencing of Swimming Pools
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 20 July 1987 the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act gained assent and commencement. It came into force the following year on 1 May and applied to everyone with an existing swimming pool, 1 September for new pools. New Zealanders who wished to keep their property, their pools, would now have to fence them off. […]
Read more..May 16, 2025
