Bastion Point, Auckland, New Zealand

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Bastion Point in Auckland, New Zealand is a coastal headland and significant political and cultural site, best known for its Māori land-rights protests in the 1970s and as the location of the Michael Joseph Savage Memorial.

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Bastion Point, Auckland, New Zealand canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal headland
landmark
adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
associatedWith Māori land rights movement
Treaty of Waitangi issues
country New Zealand
governedBy Auckland Council
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Māori people
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
hasMemorial Michael Joseph Savage Memorial
hasNameInLanguage Takaparawhau (Māori)
hasPoliticalSignificanceFor New Zealand
hasStructure formal gardens
observation areas
walkways
hasViewOf Auckland city skyline
linked to: Auckland CBD

North Shore
Rangitoto Island
historicalEvent 1978 police and army eviction
Bastion Point occupation
knownFor 1977–1978 occupation
Michael Joseph Savage Memorial
Māori land-rights protests
locatedIn Auckland
Ōrākei
near Mission Bay
Ōkahu Bay
overlooks Hauraki Gulf
Waitematā Harbour
partOf Auckland waterfront
symbolOf Māori political activism
indigenous land rights
terrainFeature headland
traditionalLandOf Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
usedFor public reserve
recreation
tourism

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Michael Joseph Savage burialPlace Bastion Point, Auckland, New Zealand