It’s been conveniently forgotten now, but 60s hippy rock star Neil Young caused quite a kerfuffle in the 80s, when he backed not only Ronald Reagan, but nuclear weapons. Young claimed that nuclear weapons were a necessary deterrent against WWIII. It seems crazy and counter-intuitive, but it’s
History is full of individuals who, though they might not have been the movers and shakers, stood present at some of its greatest events. For those born around the turn of the last century, they lived through such epochal events as the two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold
Annette Bulovic peelingbackhistory.co.nz I will always be grateful to my ex-workmates of Bryco-ProPrint (now out of business) who introduced me to the old ‘Occi’ around 1999/2000. I was invited along to watch the All Blacks on the big screen and have a sampling of 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. Hobson arrives in Russell on 29 January 1840, and then he too, like Busby, proceeds to do some quite incredible things, and in an
Rick Giles ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz The Alexander Turnbull Library still forms the nucleus of New Zealand’s National Archives. It was yesterday in history, 13 July 1920, that The State officially nationalised Turnbull’s extensive collection. However, it was on June 28th, 1920, that the Government (William Massey’s
Annette Bulovic peelingbackhistory.co.nz When the Canterbury Association Management Committee were pulling together all the details of the upcoming immigration of roughly 700 settlers to Christchurch and Canterbury in 1850, every little detail had to be thought of and ironed out. This included diet while on board. It was
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The first post of this series explored the complex web of front groups financing the Black Lives Matter movement. This post explores its ideological roots and its real goal: “anti-racism” is the lying bait. The switch is the complete overthrow of the American republic as a capitalist liberal democracy.
In some parts of the Wokesphere, they’re slowly starting to wake up to the reality of the Black Lives Matter movement: namely that it is not, as it claims, an “anti-racism” movement, but a deeply racist, revolutionary communist movement dedicated to nothing less than the overthrow of America.
Rick Giles AHNZ The History of New Zealand through a Libertarian Anarchist lens. Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter is a Government programme of National 2.0. So is the Manapouri hydrodam powering it. The dam was built by low-paid, slack, alcoholic, itinerant workers from overseas (eg. Tim Shadbolt and his
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LB I have seen a lot of talk on this subject by people of the Right recently and while I do agree with the overall consensus that the act of removing and tearing down monuments dedicated to Confederate generals and other great men of America is a disgrace and tantamount
Admin We3 I enjoyed yesterday’s article Arthur’s Pass No Picnic although I wish it was longer. I was born and raised in Hokitika. There is some variation in the reason why Hokitika got its name but essentially it was named by a war party from Nga Tahu who
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Annette Bulovic peelingbackhistory.co.nz Upon seeing this wonderful painting of the road between Canterbury and Westland it reminded me of a very interesting – and mostly unknown additional adventure concerning Arthur Dudley Dobson and his now much-beloved passage through our Southern Alps. Arthur was barely 23 years old when
GOVERNMENT COMES TO NEW ZEALAND A British ship is wrecked on the coast of Taranaki and is attacked by the Maori. Twelve are killed or wounded, one woman and two children are captured, and a few survivors escape back to Australia. A warship is sent out from Sydney to rescue
