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
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. Peace comes (for the time being). ”This is the end of mine to you. It is finished, ” Hone Heke takes to “fire-water” and
Matariki. The Maori New Year. A time of renewal and celebration. Matariki is a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present and plan for the future. It’s all due to the appearance of a certain constellation (Pleiades) in the night sky.
According to the fantasy version of history invented by the left, slavery was invented by whip-cracking white men in 1619 and continues to be practised by wicked white men to this day. I wish I were being merely sardonic here, but as at least one university history lecturer has
Daniel Goldwater Eastern Jerusalem Jerusalem “…the city of gold, copper and light…” the beating heart of the Jewish people for more than three millennia and counting. The City of Peace (literal translation) founded by the Jewish King David, built upon by his son Jewish king Solomon who incidentally also wrote
Australia is perhaps unique among Western nations in not having guaranteed freedom of speech. The United States is famous for its First Amendment, Great Britain has a common law right, even New Zealand has its Bill of Rights (which its government seems increasingly determined to ignore). But Australia? Nothing. Nothing,
Short, easy to read, humorous but factual, suitable for young readers. An innovative presentation of New Zealand History. 101 drawings, 61 pages. Rejected as unsuitable by The University of Otago, but really liked by The BFD! Available on Amazon as an e-book or in paperback directly from the author
Rick Giles ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz Without the State who would accidentally commit suicide by blowing up privately-funded monuments? This month in history on the 28 July, 1906, two Government employees did just that in Nelson. From 1880, Nelson had a very nice drinking fountain that also lit the
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. Britain sends some 11,000 soldiers to New Zealand from 1840-1872. Although casualties are small (total British-Maori killed – 3,000), there are
One half of my family originates from the Mediterranean island state of Malta. Strategically located between Africa and Southern Europe, Malta is an island that has, like its last colonial ruler, Britain, been invaded and colonised many times in its history. That history of colonisation – from the Phoenicians and Romans
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State
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
Annette Bulovic peelingbackhistory.co.nz It can be funny how a stretch of land seems destined to know only one purpose. I have come across this from time to time and it is amazing how many different sets of feet can walk that land and yet they all entwine into
Rowan Light maxim.org.nz The notion that “history is written by the winner” might seem clichéd but, as the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) crack-down on history education in Hong Kong shows, it’s one that should give us cause to reflect on how precious (and precarious) the
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. Land Ownership In New Zealand The problems in New Zealand after 1840 between the British and the Maori, were mainly due to two peoples
Rick Giles ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz The History of New Zealand through a Libertarian Anarchist lens. On 24 October, 1992, The Mt Cavendish Gondola was open for business and is still running today under the name Christchurch Gondola. You can be seated in a gondola basket on a return trip
