Monthly Archives: August 2016

Curse work on Germany, 1916

Posted on August 29, 2016 by esotericnz

Unconscious/semi-conscious curse working on Germany from the pages of the Taranaki Daily News. Some Great sympathetic magic here; when will they fall? when the clock strikes. How will they fall? like over ripe fruit. Through narrative causality their strength is … Continue reading →

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Vera Wyse Munro, Radio Pioneer

Posted on August 22, 2016 by esotericnz

Vera Wyse Munro (1897-1966) was a pioneering New Zealand ham radio broadcaster, improviser, and sonic experimenter. Her primary media were amateur radio broadcasts, Morse poetry, and sono-topographical scores. Via her broadcasts, which were frequently received by amateur radio operators as … Continue reading →

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Concept for a “processional way” for new Auckland war memorial

Posted on August 8, 2016 by esotericnz

The project will see a “processional way” built down the grassy bank in front of the Auckland War Memorial Museum to Domain Drive. Photo / Supplied New war memorial designs questioned (Jan 9, 2016) Outside of this blogs usual chronological concerns … Continue reading →

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Some pieces relating to blackbirding from New Zealand papers

Posted on August 1, 2016 by esotericnz

At first relatively small ships – cutters, and ketches, and schooners – from New Zealand’s more northerly ports made up the bulk of the Kiwi blackbirding fleet, but as time went on, and the profits to be made from the … Continue reading →

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