Tag Archives: Prussians of the South Seas

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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The New Zealander of the future

Posted on July 4, 2016 by esotericnz

Part of the impetus behind this blog is to underline moments of unfulfilled potential in the overlooked literary output of this country. When that potential is couched in a body of irredeemable dreck the question of whether the author is capable of … Continue reading →

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Victor Penny and the New Zealand Death ray

Posted on February 10, 2015 by esotericnz

From the New Zealand observer 1937   The Legion of Frontiersmen was a militia organisation dedicated to the defence of the British empire (and existing throughout the empire). In practice it advocated and volunteered for military adventurism involved itself in … Continue reading →

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