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Bastion Point

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  • Ngati Whatua sells British Government 3000 acres of land

    Ngati Whatua, the owners of the Auckland isthmus, sell the British government 3000 acres of their traditional lands where auckland now stands.

  • Ngati Whatua only owns 700 acres

    After they sold off the Orakei block, only 700 acres remained.

  • Native Land Court declares remaining land "absolutely inalienable"

    The Native Land Court was concerned for the future of the tribe, They made the remaining land absolutely inalienable, This land was placed under the control of 13 trustees,

  • Ngati Whatua trustees made into legal owners.

    The Native Land Court made the Ngati Whatua trustees into legal owners. This meant they had the right to sell the land.

  • Anglican Church sells land given to them by Ngati Whatua

  • Ngati Whatua only has 3 acres of land left at the Orakei block

  • Government uses Public Works Act to seize the remaining land

  • Government announces plan to build at Bastion Point

  • A group of Ngati Whatua occupy Bastion Point

  • Prime Minister Muldoon agrees to put 30 acres in a trust board.

  • 400 people assemble to protest plans for private housing

  • Joe Hawke takes Orakei case to the Waitangi Tribunal.

  • Lange Government carries out Tribunal recommendation

    The Lange Government announces that it would carry out the Tribunal's recommendation to return all land and pay $3 million in compensation.