April 4, 2025 - The History of New Zealand through a Libertarian Anarchist lens. Please enjoy the ideas and let me know what you think.

1951: The Rise of Whina Cooper

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Josephine ‘Whina’ Gilbert (Later Whina Cooper) had been a big shot in the Hokianga. For example, in roles unusual for a woman, she was president both of her local Federated Farmers branch and of the North Hokianga Rugby Union. The Maori journal The New World said of Whina that she had “an “afraid of no one” […]

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November 19, 2024

1928: Race Realism

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This text book for 9 year olds at New Zealand schools is scandalously Politically Incorrect in the 2020s for its Race Realism. The book was published during a Fourth Turning/Crisis which is to say a time in our history where great emphasis was placed on the placing of boundaries. At other times our mainstream culture […]

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December 23, 2022

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1965: TEAL Tiki

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Today in history, 1 April, 1965, Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) changed its name to Air New Zealand. These plastic Maori tikis used to be in high circulation decades ago, sort of like the little Pizza Hut pencils used to be. I think I just figured out where they came from after all these years […]

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April 1, 2025

1880: Mount Eden Railway Station

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Today in New Zealand history, 29 March, 1880, the Mount Eden Railway Station opened on what was then called the Kaipara Railway. This and transformed the place. It used to be the outskirts which is why Mt Eden prison was put there. A huge ammunition factory was established in 1885. Mt Eden became highly populated […]

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March 29, 2025

2008: Harawene Immortalised

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She was a little stray dog named Harawene very well known in her time. So much so that when she died in April 2008 the community put up a bronze statue. Fiona Cairns led the erection of a cairn topped with the statue (it’s ridiculous how often people’s names match what they do…) I stumbled […]

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March 28, 2025

1960: Toot and Whistle

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Rotorua history: The Toot ‘n’ Whistle miniature train was built by John Smale, who started it in 1958. It was opened to the public to ride in 1960. In 2004 the operator had to abandon it because Kuirau Park was becoming dangerous due to geothermal activity. Government’s fault, as per usual. “Once the local council […]

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March 27, 2025

New Zealand English: A Conversation with Kelly Kahukiwa

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The following was a useful conversation with a visitor to AHNZ named Kelly Kahukiwa. Our topic was Is New Zealand English Endangered? Of course there is a Kiwi accent that is part of our cultural heritage. Being a new country our traditions are young too but that is how all dialects and language forks must […]

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March 26, 2025

1874: Transit of Venus

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On December 9, 1874 an American observation party of 6 was led by Professor C. H. Peters to Queenstown. Time to observe the Transit of Venus across the sun and take photos! The scientist were very, very, well received by the community but no scientists were among them. No “formal” scientific “partnership,” as recently claimed. […]

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March 25, 2025

1964: Washday at the Pa

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A great New Zealand book burning took place from August 1964 by The State. Our Government, the National 2.0 Ministry was in fact recalling and destroying its own books! From May that year 38,000 copies of a picture book had gone to the government schools of the nation named Washday at the Pa by Ans […]

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March 24, 2025

1864: Monmouth Redoubt

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The Monmouth Redoubt was built by the 43rd Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment who had arrived in Tauranga in January 1864. It provided a refuge for women and children who slept on the floor fully dressed during this time, emergency rations and a bottle of water within reach. This and other fortifications cut enemy supply to […]

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March 22, 2025

1902: Maori Parliament Shut Down

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Today in history, 21 March, 1902, Te Kotahitanga, the Maori Parliament, shut shop forever. The Maori Parliament (1892 – 1902) had been an exercise of self-government by Maori ‘from the Bay of Islands to the Bluff.’ Essentially it was a great conference hosted at different locations over those years. The idea was to agree to […]

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March 21, 2025