Bastion Point

By atareita.tetai

  • Land sold

    Ngati Whatua sold around 3000 acres to the British government
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    History of Bastion Point

  • Ngati Whatua church and cemetery

    Ngati Whatua had handed their church as well as their cemetery over to the Anglican church

  • What did they have left ?

    Ngati Whatua only had 700 acres of land left

  • 'Absolutely inalienable'

    The native land court had declared the land as 'absolutely inalienable' which means that it couldn't be sold

  • Land became sellable again

    Native land court made the Maori legal owners, therefore they could sell the land at their own expense

  • Cemetry and church sold

    The Anglican church sold the Ngati Whatua church and cemetery to the British government

  • 3 blocks left

    By now the government had all except 3 acres of the Orakei block

  • Government compulsorily seize the land

    The government used the public works act to evict the Maori and seize the land

  • New marae

    From the 1950s to the 1960s, Ngati Whatua started to build a new marae and chapel. They also presented a submission asking for 40 acres of land next to the marae

  • High cost housing - Bastion Point

    The government announced their plan to build high cost housing on Bastion point as it's known as a prime site which overlooks the harbour.

  • Occupation of Bastion Point

    A group of Ngati Whatua occupied Bastion point for a total of 506 days.

  • Disassociated from the protesters

    Ngati Whatua Kuamatua (elders) disassociated themselves from the protesters saying that the protest did not have any sort of tribal backing.