1957: One More Hanging
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Today in history, 18 February, 1957, James Bolton was killed by The State. The last man hanged in New Zealand. Being an official Bad Guy he gets the full 3 names treatment: Walter James Bolton. However, his friends called him Jim. Jim was a Wanganui farmer of the ANZAC Generation (b.1888.) Now in his 60s, […]
Read more..February 18, 2025
1842: The Bishop of New Zealand
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Today in New Zealand history, 30 May, 1842, a new religious invasion force came to this country led by George Selwyn. With his 22 missionary apostles the Bishop of New Zealand set out with equipment and biotechnolgoy with which to stamp their Anglican authority on the colonies and tribes. Selwyn even took along a Maori […]
Read more..May 30, 2022
1989: Palmer’s Trumpet
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Mike Moore became the last Prime Minister of Labour 4.0 for about five minutes, “but it was the most interesting five minutes imaginable.” wrote Jane Clifton. Moore accurately, it was 4 September until 2 November, 1990. In September 1989 new PM Geoffrey Palmer was literally blowing his own trumpet and clearly signalling he wanted to […]
Read more..February 12, 2025
1984: New Zealand Bird Rescue
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New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust (est 1984) changed its name in 2022 to BirdCare Aotearoa on 19 July, 2022¹. This, of course, was in the thick of our Aotearoa New Zealand Culture history era. During this period everything in our culture and heritage without very deep roots was blown away in the Winds of […]
Read more..February 9, 2025
1997: The Raurimu Massacre
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Today in New Zealand history, 8 February, 1997: The Raurimu Massacre. Rampage with a 12-gauge shotgun killing six people and wounding four. A bloody Waitangi long weekend. Steve Anderson had been a Generation X dental technician before having a psychotic break and put in government care. Despite of, and because of, government (police, mental health) […]
Read more..February 8, 2025
1978: Premiers Exhumed
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Today in New Zealand history, 7 February, 1978, three political ghosts of the past raised their heads from the grave. It had never been done before. The faces of Julius Vogel, George Grey, and Richard Seddon appeared on postage stamps issued by the government’s Post Office. This issue was a blatantly political act because 1979 […]
Read more..February 7, 2025
1974: New Zealand Day at Waitangi
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Today in history, 6 February, 1974, our first New Zealand Day. A new national public holiday of which we would only ever enjoy three. This one was kicked off with a great extravaganza at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Fresh from the Christchurch Commonwealth Games, The Queen was there. Howard Morrison sang about the Age of […]
Read more..February 6, 2025
2008: Real Estate Authority
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The Real Estate Authority was created by Helen Clark’s Labour 5.0 Ministry at the eve of the 2008 General Election. This Crown Entity replaced the old Real Estate Licensing Board. So, it’s basically a State-sponsored medieval guild organised to facilitate rent-seeking behavior in a lucrative industry. A hangover from Fortress New Zealand. It excludes free […]
Read more..February 5, 2025
1998: Constitutional Convention Bill
By AHNZ
That’s fairly interesting. After ‘handing’ over leadership of the Labour Party to Helen Clark the ex-Prime Minister Mike Moore had a bit of time still in Parliament. One of the things Mike tried to do was make a new law called ‘Constitutional Convention Bill.’ The timing was in the lead-up to Waitangi Day, 1998. Not […]
Read more..February 4, 2025
1982: Kohanga Reo Movement
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The Kohanga Reo Movement launched its first pre-schooler Maori immersion nursery in April 1982¹ at Wainuiomata. Like so many things that work and are relied upon in our Millennial era it was built by members of the Phoenix Generation. In Australian terms they are rightly called the Builder Generation and also, quite accurately, known as […]
Read more..February 3, 2025
1975: Waitangi Tribunal
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The Waitangi Tribunal was established by Act of Parliament on 10 October, 1975. The creation of Labour 3.0. Initially there was to be no retrospectivity. The power of tribunal was only to make recommendations. In 1985, Labour 4.0 extended the Tribunal’s jurisdiction to claims about any alleged breach of the treaty since 1840. This resulted […]
Read more..February 2, 2025
