Rejected as unsuitable for publication by the University of Otago Press, but really liked by The BFD. Available on Amazon as an e-book or in paperback directly from the author in Canada. $25NZ (includes postage) Contact: corfieldwg@gmail.com
You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. Orakau, near Te Awamutu, 30 March-2 April 1864 One of the most famous battles of the British-Maori Wars. The King Maori (300-
Self-awareness not being their strong point, it rarely dawns on the dimly-lit consciousnesses of the left that dressing in black and marching the streets brandishing clenched fists, advocating an all-powerful state and beating to a pulp anyone who even looks like they might disagree with you is
One of the most damaging conceits of socialists and big government enthusiasts is that the government, any government, has the ability to run a complex economy like a well-oiled machine. In reality, market forces are the consequences of millions, if not billions, of individuals making independent decisions. When bureaucrats
Rejected as unsuitable for publication by the University of Otago Press, but really liked by The BFD. Available on Amazon as an e-book or in paperback directly from the author in Canada. $25NZ (includes postage) Contact: corfieldwg@gmail.com
You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. A truce is made (1861). “The Maori were brave and formidable, and since our first arrival in the colo- ny the British troops have
Northlander Lady Ellen Elizabeth Reed, was a World War II code-cracker who held a senior role at the famous Bletchley Park military intelligence centre. A Northland woman who played a crucial wartime role in cracking German secrets has died at the age of 104. Lady Ellen Elizabeth Reed died
Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays
As ‘Maori Language Week’ comes to a close I thought it appropriate to bring you the reo for ‘gratitude’, but such a word does not exist in the tongue. Did you know that? To understand why we need to hear from the brilliant Mr William Colenso, a prolific publisher in
Rejected as unsuitable for publication by the University of Otago Press, but really liked by The BFD. Available on Amazon as an e-book or in paperback directly from the author in Canada. $25NZ (includes postage) Contact: corfieldwg@gmail.com
When science fiction authors William Gibson and Bruce Sterling made Victorian inventor Charles Babbage’s “Difference Engine” the centrepiece of their novel of the same name, it was a reminder that many “modern” inventions have long, long histories. Babbage and co-inventor Ada Lovelace’s Difference Engine, and its even
“Ignorance is Strength”, ran the motto of the socialist Party in Orwell’s 1984. Decades of left-wing domination of the education system has produced a generation so astonishingly ignorant that their know-nothingness is practically a superpower. Students today are the Supermen of Ignorance. Their ignorance is so thoroughgoing
You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. The Maori are fascinated, confused and amused by the missionaries that came to New Zealand. Each religion claimed to be the one true way
Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays
