/r/newzealandhistory
New Zealand History
Subreddit Rules -
Posts should be on a historical topic and about New Zealand. Historical means the the topic must be about something that happened at least 20 years ago.
No blog or vlog spam. Feel free to post links to your own content (within reason). But if that's all you ever post, take a good hard look in the mirror — you just might be a spammer. A widely used rule of thumb is the 9:1 ratio, i.e. only 1 out of every 10 of your submissions should be your own content.
Link directly to the article. Do not use text posts for links, do not link to another subreddit, do not use link shorteners or any other type of link that does not send the user directly to the piece.
Don't editorialise link submission titles with your own opinion. e.g. no "TIL" , "Is this true?" or "this is shocking"
Text or self posts should have a clear question or observation. No 1 or 2 word titles.
No incivility, trolling, racism, homophobia, or sexism. Be nice to each other. Robust opinions are fine, slurs and insults are not.
No urban explorer posts. Posts or videos on old or abandoned places must be about buildings or sites that are at least 20 years old, and the article or video mostly about the history of the place, not just wandering around looking at broken stuff.
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Link directly to the article. Don't use text posts for links, don't link to another subreddit, don't use link shorteners or redirects. Podcasts and Videos should be posted as link posts not text or media posts.
Don't editorialise link submission titles e.g. no "TIL" , "Is this true?" or "this is interesting!" and no all cap titles. Use the original title of the video or article.
Text or self posts should have a clear question; put the question in the title in a way that is understandable without clicking through to the full post. No 1 or 2 word titles. No all caps. Add some context in the text box.
Don't spam your own content and nothing but your own content. Remember - a subreddit is an online community, not a free advertisement board. If you are interested enough in history to make your own videos or blog, share the sources, blog posts and videos that you enjoy and learn from. You can post links to your own content - within reason. But if that's all you ever post, and/or — you submit the same post or video to multiple subreddits - you are a spammer. A widely used rule of thumb is that only 1 out of every 10 of your submissions should be your own content.
Posts should be on a historical topic which means about something that happened at least 20 years ago.
No low effort posts e.g. only tangentially on-topic, with no context explained, or too brief to be an interesting contribution. No rants or soap-box posts.
No memes, no polls and no bots - NO CHATBOTS.
Don't flood the new queue, i.e. don't drop a load of links at the same time.
No bigotry, trolling, racism, homophobia, or sexism .
Be civil to other posters. Robust debate is fine, flinging insults around is not and will earn a ban.
Hi all, I bought an old writing desk from the Salvation Army years ago and only today found inside it a 1942 ration book. I’ve spent the day researching and found that the first ration books were only given out in the week of the 20th April 1942 so it will be one of the first given out! Aside from a name on the front in cursive and a few of the coupons missing, there is no other information. I’m a history teacher and focused most of my degree on military and social history so this is right up my alley and it’s my goal to find relatives of the owner of the book. The book was issued in Bulls so if anyone has family links to Bulls, please get in touch! I’ve contacted the Bulls historical society and spent the day looking through newspaper archives and census data but found nothing. I’d love to upload a photo of the name but I can’t seem to figure out how to (I’m new to reddit) if there is a way, please let me know because I’d love some help figuring out the name!
Just curious, what are the best documentaries on New Zealand history, etc that anyone has come across.
I need some clarification on why land is not returned if its recorded as someone's and then stolen please, looking for answers in the case of Ihumātao. Actually interested, real answers please
Hi! I'm Evan Roberts, one of the project leaders for Measuring the ANZACs. We're crowd-sourcing the transcription of the files of New Zealand's World War I soldiers, and looking for the community's help. You can join in at http://www.measuringtheanzacs.org/, where we have an active message board devoted to the project. I can also answer questions here.
There are a lot of specificities: The historical figure MUST be NATIVE to New Zealand, born sometime after 1730 and no later than 1780 (if you have to, you can stretch it from 1700-1780), and who heavily influenced the culture, government, science, and/or events of the world (not necessarily New Zealand; this influence could be anywhere, but it has to have a huge impact). Their accomplishments HAVE to be HELPFUL and PRODUCTIVE. Nothing like Robespierre, Hitler, or the likes; think Akbar the Great, Ching Shih, Nur Jahan, Leonardo da Vinci, etc. It doesn't matter if they're male or female or what gender they are. Not just pure artists; no painters, writers, etc. This is more government/science oriented.
(This isn't for a school project, or anything; I've been searching for months trying to find some good New Zealander history, and the internet is less than helpful.)
I have alot of nz pennys (1950's and earlier), A mint half crown nz (1950), lots of half pennys from the same era, pints and other coins from this era, can someone tell me their worth?
The modern view of the treaty is that it created a partnership, and that sovereignty was not ceded thereby. A study of the Treaty in its contemporary context of 1840 indicates that this modern imposition is a travesty of what was understood and meant back then. If anyone is interested in this topic, I have recently produced a book on this, researched and with references, available as a free download - see my other post in politics for the link (search "new book on Treaty of Waitangi") as I have just realised I am not supposed to duplicate links on reddit-oops--- I am happy to discuss and answer any questions on this post (edit to remove duplicated link)