March 29, 2024 - The History of New Zealand through a Libertarian Anarchist lens. Please enjoy the ideas and let me know what you think.

History is not politically correct

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“History is not politically correct. Many on the left therefore struggle with its findings.”- Niall Ferguson Beware the propagandised who tread here and do not seek struggle!

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September 15, 2018

1863: Francis Joseph Glacier

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Francis Joseph Glacier was discovered on 14 June, 1865 by Julius von Haast and his expedition to West Canterbury. The glacier was later re-named the Franz Josef¹ Glacier, de-Anglicising it. And, having succeeded from Canterbury in 1868, Westland or just ‘The West Coast’ is now the name of the place where this glacier may be found. […]

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January 12, 2021

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1936: Single Source of Truth

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Today in history, 25 March, 1936, Labour 1.0 started radio broadcast transmissions from the Debating Chamber. Michael Savage’s new Government scared some New Zealanders. Had we elected a bunch of open Communists to run our country? Yes. Would they run it that way? Kind of, yes! One thing Labour had to do was circumventing the […]

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March 25, 2024

1921: Christchurch Electric Car Fleet

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By 1921 Christchurch had a fleet of 48 private and council electric vehicles. Every one of them paraded for this photo that year. A good city for electric cars because Canterbury is flat and had a good power supply. The local MED offered discount rates for charging batteries overnight and this encouraged more users. This […]

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March 24, 2024

1848: New Edinburgh

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Today in New Zealand history, 23 March, 1848, the first colony ship for the Otago Association landed and for this it has been Otago Anniversary ever since¹. This was a sub-project of the New Zealand Company facilitated by the Wakefield family and designed to be a Scottish intentional community. The New Edinburgh project had been […]

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March 23, 2024

1861: The Invasion of Otago

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Gabriel Read was done with gold in March 1861 but it wasn’t to be for the first or last time. Now aged 36, Reed made his way in March to Cust in North Canterbury for the farm hospitality of his 21yo cousin, Terry Murphy. The family connection between these Australian men was that Read’s sister […]

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March 21, 2024

1988: Cyclone Bola

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Sometimes at this time of year things dry up or catch fire. Other times cyclones strike and we catch flooding the likes of which we had forgotten because of our short memories. Today in history, 7 March, 1988, Cyclone Bola came to New Zealand and hit the North Island. Taranaki and Gisborne in particular. The […]

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March 6, 2024

1842: The Raupo Houses Act

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Today in history, 3 March, 1842, self-declared Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, passed the Raupo Houses Act. This placed a huge £20 tax on anyone with a ‘Maori House’ within the boundaries of what The State defined as a town. The Maori fiber house technology had been adopted and improved by the new colonists […]

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March 3, 2024

1976: Final Lyttelton Wellington Ferry

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Once was a Lyttelton–Wellington ferry service. Run by the Union Steam Ship Company (1895-17 September, 1976) with the final dwindling 2 years bankrolled by The State. Somehow, the Labour 3.0 Ministry thought it was a good idea to pump $4,000,000 a year into a service that had become uneconomical. National 3.0 put an end to […]

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February 20, 2024

1873: When Auckland Took Fright

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Today in history, 17 February, 1873: The Kaskowiski Hoax was perpetrated on the people of Auckland by the new editor of the Daily Southern Cross newspaper, David Luckie. New Zealand is prone to periodic Russian Scares like this. Two others by 1885 led to significant investments in harbor defense forts like the one (image, left) […]

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February 17, 2024

1840: The Treaty of Poihakena

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On 18 January 1840, William Hobson, Consul, set of for New Zealand on HMS Herald from Sydney. With him were 6 officials, 3 servants, and 4 troopers of the New South Wales mounted police. Before setting out for New Zealand, Hobson spent much time during the prior twenty-five days closeted with his superior, Governor of […]

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February 15, 2024