25 Million Years ago New Zealand was raised-up from beneath the sea by tectonic plate movement .. and in the short time that modern womankind has been around (only 200,000 years) - we've all been busy attacking and ripping-off each other eh..
1250-1300 CE Eastern Polynesians ( our Maori warriors and their wahine) settled on NZ.
1642 First European was recorded reaching NZ - Abel Tasman, flagship, Heemskerck, (involved in deadly fighting with Maori warriors). Cannon and grapeshot used to drive off attacking canoes.
Endeavour Cannon.
1769 Captain James Cook circumnavigated & mapped New Zealand on board Endeavour, a flat bottomed 'Bark' that was armed with 10 x 4-pounder cannon and 12 swivel guns (- plus 3 tons of sauerkraut).
1791-92 Early contacts with European whalers (from USA) and sealers. Shore based whaling settlements start. - Multi-purpose Sperm Oil (from the head cavity of Sperm whales) was a valued high pressure lubricant & heat transfer agent (much used in tempering springs and bright bluing) - much appreciated for it's anti-wear and friction reduction).
Spermaceti - Sperm Oil (or 'Cachalot Oil')
1805-1843 Musket Wars raged - inter-tribal conflicts during which the tribes acquired muskets
1814 First British Christian Mission established at Bay of Islands by Samuel Marsden.
1840 Treaty Of Waitangi signed between British Crown & Maori Chiefs.- Disputed interpretations thereafter - but it was later deemed by government to be "Non Binding".
1841 New Zealand became a Crown Colony with both a Lower House & an Upper House of Parliament.
1845-1872 New Zealand Wars (Maori Wars) - Conflicts over disputed land ownership and confiscations. - Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket, Callisher & Terry Carbine, Beaumont-Adams .44" Revolver, Colt 1851 .36" Revolver.
.577" Caliber Percussion Callisher & Terry Carbine.
1846 NZ ARMED POLICE FORCE (APF) Established.
1867 NZ Armed Constabulary formed.
1893 Women granted suffrage .. the right to vote. - First Country in the world.
1899-1902 Boer War - 6,500 New Zealand Volunteers rushed to fight ... many even paying for their own equipment to go as Mounted Troops.
1914-1918 - 100,444 troops & nurses served in WWI with a 58% casualty rate.
1920 (no.14) Arms Act: - Fearing Socialist revolution - and the large numbers of weapons brought back from WWI - the conservative Reform Party introduced handgun restrictions, permits & registration. (The Reform Party became the National Party after 1935).
1938 Social Security Act passed by first NZ Labour Party Government.(included Health Care, Superannuation, and 'State Houses').
1939-1945 WWII. Of 194,000 New Zealanders who served - some 39,000 deaths and injuries to NZ service personnel - a casualty rate & percentage figure higher than even UK itself.
1944 Labour Government established free secondary education and made it compulsory up to the age of 15.
1951 NZ Upper House of The General Assembly (Legislative Council) was abolished by National Party Govt.
1964 NZ Police Armed Offenders Squad (SWAT) established.
1974 ACC Accident Compensation Commission founded by Norman Kirk's Labour Party Govt.
1987 New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act passed after (Labour) Prime Minister David Lange banned nuclear armed & powered warships from entry to NZ waters.
1990 Military Style Semi-automatic Arms MSSA Regulations introduced after Aramoana Massacre by National Party Police Minister John Banks.
2019 ?
Marty K.
Hi Marty
You forgot to mention our involvement in Korea, Vietnam, Malaya and Borneo, East Timor, Desert Storm, and Afghanistan (and lending a NZ ship to the UK during the Falklands scrap).
- Cheers, Rod. - Yeah you are correct - to some extent I felt that our limited involvement in these lesser "police actions" was secondary maybe .. but I'll add your comment to the post,
After researching & writing 1,036 blogs I've got something NEW to try .. I've signed-up to Patreon. - In over five years I've not made one cent from this .. NOW you can send me a wee support $ - starting from $1. to get all this stuff from New Zealand - over a year that's nearly the price of one Shooting magazine. - Am I worth it?
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16618870
After researching & writing 1,036 blogs I've got something NEW to try .. I've signed-up to Patreon. - In over five years I've not made one cent from this .. NOW you can send me a wee support $ - starting from $1. to get all this stuff from New Zealand - over a year that's nearly the price of one Shooting magazine. - Am I worth it?
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16618870
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