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Joe Hawke

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Joe Hawke (pictured here on the left) led the occupation of Bastion Point. In this 1977 interview he explains why the issue was so important to Ngāti Whātua.

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Image: New Zealand Herald, 25 June 1978

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāti Whātua – Ngāti Whātua and the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/1212/joe-hawke (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.

Comments

Miracle
14 April 2022
Do you guys have anything about what Robert Muldoon did against the Occupation of Bastion Point PLease or wht he said to