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1st sale of land
Ngati Whatua, the owners of the Aukland isthmus sold the british government 3000 acers of land. -
church land part 1
Ngtai Whatua had given their church and cemetry to the Anglican church. -
700 acers remaining
by now there was only 700 acers remaining that the Ngati Whatua. -
Absolutly Inalianable.
The land court put this land under the care of 13 trustees so it couldn't be sold. -
Trustees ==> legal owners
The 13 trustees became legal owners and could now sell the land. -
goverment land.
By now the government had aquiered all but 3 acers of the land. -
Public Works Act
The Ngati Whatua were kicked out of their homes so the land they lived on could be developed using the Pubic works act. -
Symbol of Maori Land struggles
Bastion Point became a symbol of Maori land struggles. -
High cost housing
The goverment said it was going to biuld high cost housing at Bastion Point which was part of the original Orakei reserve. -
Occupation
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. -
End of occupation
The government went in and arrested the protesters and removed all signs of the occupation. -
#0 acres
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. -
Protest II
400 people assembled to protest the plans for private housing. 117 people were arrested. -
Waitangi Tribunal
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. -
tresspassing
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.