Bastion Point - Wikipedia
A reversal of this government position came with the Validation Of Invalid Land Sales Act 1894. In 1885, the New Zealand Government built a military outpost at Bastion Point, because of its commanding strategic position overlooking the Waitematā Harbour, known as Fort Bastion.
Bastion Point | NZ History
This promontory above Tāmaki Drive has come to symbolise Māori land issues. It was given to the Crown by Ngāti Whātua as a defence site during the Russian scare of 1885. In 1977–78 a 506-day protest against a proposed Crown sale was held there.
Reclaiming Bastion Point - roadside stories - New Zealand History
In the late 1850s, land at Bastion Point was taken by the Crown for defence purposes. During the ‘Russian Scare’ of 1885, when New Zealand feared a sea invasion from Russia, military fortifications were built.
Remembering Bastion Point - E-Tangata
While the Bastion Point take belonged specifically to the tangata whenua of Ōrākei — the mobilisation of so many people from around the country meant it didn’t exist in isolation from other Māori take. Everyone had a common goal to unify the struggle to make the thrust stronger.
Page 4. Ngāti Whātua and the Treaty of Waitangi - Te Ara: The ...
Bastion Point and beyond. Ngāti Whātua have been at the forefront of action over tribal land loss since 1881, when Paora Tūhaere hosted a pan-national assembly of Māori chiefs at Kohimarama. Nearly 100 years later, in 1977–78, Joe Hawke led a 506-day occupation of Bastion Point.
Occupation of Bastion Point begins - New Zealand History
Led by Joe Hawke, the Ōrākei Māori Action Committee occupied Takaparawhā (Bastion Point reserve), a promontory overlooking Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour. Ngāti Whātua maintained the land had been unjustly taken from them and were angered by plans to subdivide it for a private housing development.
Bastion Point: A desperate struggle and a dream fulfilled
• In 1886, 13 acres at Bastion Point were taken for defence purposes. In 1941, when it was no longer needed, the land was given to the Auckland City Council as a reserve. • A sewer pipe built along the foreshore in 1912 had interfered with the natural drainage of Okahu Bay, turning the last remaining Māori land around the papakāinga into ...
Taking of the land - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The 700-acre Ōrākei block, known today as Te Whenua Rangatira, has its eastern boundary at Kohimarama (Bastion) Point. It extends across to Takaparawhau pā, then up to Pokanoa pā and across to Paritūtai pā. These ridges flank the low-lying lands of the Ōkahu valley.
Bastion Point | Items - National Library of New Zealand
Description: Transparencies of aerial views of suburbs in the Auckland Region, taken 1957 and 1960 by Whites Aviation. Comprises views of Mangere, Bastion Point, and Musick Point. Also includes a view of a crowded Maraetai Beach. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies.
Bastion Point flashpoint - New Zealand Geographic
On May 25, 1978, the New Zealand government sent in hundreds of police and army officers to evict protestors at Bastion Point, in what was the largest internal mobilisation in New Zealand’s history.