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Ngati Whatua, the owners of the Aukland isthmus sold the british government 3000 acers of land.
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Ngtai Whatua had given their church and cemetry to the Anglican church.
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by now there was only 700 acers remaining that the Ngati Whatua.
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The land court put this land under the care of 13 trustees so it couldn't be sold.
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The 13 trustees became legal owners and could now sell the land.
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By now the government had aquiered all but 3 acers of the land.
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The Ngati Whatua were kicked out of their homes so the land they lived on could be developed using the Pubic works act.
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Bastion Point became a symbol of Maori land struggles.
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The goverment said it was going to biuld high cost housing at Bastion Point which was part of the original Orakei reserve.
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A group of Ngtai Whatua led by Joe Hawke occupied Bastion Point in an ocupation that lasted 506 days. They said that the 1898 sale of the land by the trustees was invalid and they wanted to return to the pre-1898 situation.
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The government went in and arrested the protesters and removed all signs of the occupation.
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Prime Minister Muldoon the local MP announced an agreement between the government and Ngati Whatua kaumatuafor the return of 30 acres of land. Prostesters wanted the return of all of the point.
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400 people assembled to protest the plans for private housing. 117 people were arrested.
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Joe Hawk took the case to the Waitangi Tribunal the Tribunal recommened that the crown returned Bastion Point along with $3 million in compensation. Though they also said that the ocupation of Bastion Point was inconsistent with the treaty of waitangi.
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Mr Justice Speight who had been hearing the case in the supreme court ruled that the land was owned by the crown and the protesters were tresspassing.