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Takaparawhau / Bastion Point is a coastal piece of land in Ōrākei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitematā Harbour. The area is significant in New Zealand history as the site of protests in the late 1970s by Māori against forced land alienation by Pākehā (European settlers). [1]
Bastion Point: A desperate struggle and a dream fulfilled. by Andrew Robb | Jun 3, 2018 | 5 | 11 min read. Ngāti Whātua occupation of Bastion Point (Photo by Robin Morrison, courtesy of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira) Andrew Robb has led an unusual life for a Pākehā, including, for instance, working as a reo Māori ...
Occupation of Bastion Point begins. Led by Joe Hawke, the Ōrākei Māori Action Committee occupied Takaparawhā (Bastion Point reserve), a promontory overlooking Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour.
The government announced that it had agreed to the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendation that Takaparawhā (Bastion Point) on the southern shore of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour be returned to local iwi Ngāti Whātua.
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The government announced plans to develop Bastion Point into a high-income housing area. Two day before construction work was to start Ngāti Whātua occupied the land in a protest action which lasted 506 days. The constant media coverage raised awareness of Māori grievances throughout the country.
May 24, 2022 · The peaceful movement at Takaparawhau became a catalyst for iwi throughout the country to follow suit. Take a look back at one of the biggest land occupation's in Aotearoa's history, after the death of the kaumātua who spearheaded it, Joe Hawke.
