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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] Takaparawhau is now the site of the private ...
Bastion Point is a promontory on the southern shore of Auckland's Waitematā Harbour, where Māori iwi Ngāti Whātua have a land claim. Learn about its history, events, people and significance from NZHistory, the official online history of New Zealand.
Bastion Point. Politics, harbour views and lush lawns combine on this pretty headland with a chequered history. An elaborate clifftop garden mausoleum honours Michael Joseph Savage (1872–1940), the country’s first Labour prime minister, whose socialist reforms left him adored by the populace. Follow the lawn to a WWII gun embankment – one ...
Ngāti Whātua occupation of Bastion Point (Auckland War Memorial Museum, neg. RMN10-1) 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 ...
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Bastion Point overlooks Waitematā Harbour in the northwestern part of the North Island. Bastion Point was Māori ancestral land belonging to the Ngāti Whātua iwi (tribe), but the New Zealand government began confiscating it in the mid-19th century. Unable to get the land back, a group of Ngāti Whātua spent 506 days occupying Bastion Point ...
Learn about the 506-day occupation of Bastion Point by Ngāti Whātua, a Māori iwi, to reclaim their ancestral land in Auckland. Read a personal account of a Pākehā supporter who joined the protest and witnessed the eviction and arrest of 222 people.
Apr 2, 2024 · Bastion Point ( Māori: Kohimarama or Takaparawhā) is a coastal piece of land in Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitematā Harbour. The area is significant in New Zealand history as the site of protests by Māori against forced land alienation by pākehā (European settlers) in the late 1970s.
