Bastion Point (Takaparawhauin Māori) is a coastal piece of land in Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitemata Harbour. The area has significance in New Zealand history for its role in 1970s Māori protests against forced land alienation by non Māori New Zealanders.
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Takaparawhau (Bastion Point) is in Orakei, overlooking the waterfront to the Waitemata Harbour, not far from central Auckland.
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Joe Hawke. The iwi was the Ngati Whatua of Orakei.
Bastion Point is a coastal piece of land in Orakei,Auckland new Zealand.The area is known for the 1970 role in protesting against Land alienation.The land was bought and developed during the 1840's to 1950.
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What was known as Fort Bastion (named in 1840 by the surveyor Owen Stanley). This location once guarded the entrance to Waitematā Harbour. Māori name: Takaparawhā In 1977-78 a 506-day protest was held there when the Crown wanted to sell the land. New Zealanders and Aboriginal peoples were very unhappy about this. In 1988, the government agreed to return Takaparawhā (Bastion Point) on the southern shore of Auckland's Waitematā Harbour to local iwi Ngāti Note: The nearest city would be Auckland.
It lasted for 507 days until the 25th of May 1978.
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A bastion refers to a defender of certain principles or ideals. A sample sentence is: "The hero of the war is seen as a bastion of courage".