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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. Events In History. 1 July 1988. Bastion Point land returned. 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. Read more... 25 May 1978. Bastion Point protesters evicted.
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 journalist on radio and television.
On 25 May 1978, a convoy of military vehicles carrying 800 police and soldiers left Hobsonville air base on its way to end the Māori occupation of Bastion Point/Takaparawhau.
On the way to Mission bay, you should take a detour to Bastion point. It has a significant historical value to both Maori and Pakeah. The views of Waitemata Harbour from the top are worth the visit.
The Bastion Point occupation became one of the most famous protest actions in New Zealand history. Ten years later the Waitangi Tribunal supported Māori claims to the land, and the government accepted this finding.
May 24, 2022 · Following the death of Joseph Parata Hawke this week, 1News takes a look back at Takaparawhau/ Bastion Point - one of the biggest land occupations in Aotearoa's history, led by the Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei kaumātua.
After European settlement of Auckland, the lands of the Ngāti Whātua tribe were gradually whittled away, and the harbourside area of Bastion Point was taken by the Crown for defence purposes. A 1977 government plan to develop expensive housing on Bastion Point prompted a 506-day occupation by ...
Bastion Point overlooks Waitemata Harbour and the views are among the best in Auckland. The drive up to the Point and to the MJ Savage Monument winds its way through the greenest grass imaginable. In 1978, the ball was "in play."
In 1977–78, Māori protesters occupied a plot of coastal land called Bastion Point (Takaparawhā in Māori) near Auckland, New Zealand. Bastion Point overlooks Waitematā Harbour in the northwestern part of the North Island.
