When the Crown announced that the last area of uncommitted land at Bastion Point was to be developed for high-income housing, some Ngāti Whātua occupied the site. They had hoped that this ancestral land might be returned to tribal ownership. After 506 days, the protestors were evicted on 25 May 1978. This television footage records the event. Army trucks are seen descending upon Bastion Point while flares are lit by its occupiers.
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how many were there, the
Te Rangimarie (not verified)
04 May 2016
seeing that they sent over
SK (not verified)
14 March 2016
this is very good footage of
samual (not verified)
24 April 2015
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