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Bastion Point police cordon

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Bastion Point police cordon

Police encircle protesters at Takaparawhā (Bastion Point), Auckland, before moving in to arrest them in May 1978. The protesters’ buildings were then demolished, leaving behind little evidence of the 507-day occupation of the area by Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei and their supporters.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 26 May 1978

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Ben Schrader, Public protest – Sit-ins and occupations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/35093/bastion-point-police-cordon (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 7 May 2012.