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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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal headland
landmark
adjacentTo Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
associatedWith Māori land rights movement
Treaty of Waitangi issues
country New Zealand
governedBy Auckland Council NERFINISHED
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Māori people NERFINISHED
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei NERFINISHED
hasMemorial Michael Joseph Savage Memorial NERFINISHED
hasNameInLanguage Takaparawhau (Māori) NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalSignificanceFor New Zealand NERFINISHED
hasStructure formal gardens
observation areas
walkways
hasViewOf Auckland city skyline NERFINISHED
North Shore NERFINISHED
Rangitoto Island NERFINISHED
historicalEvent 1978 police and army eviction
Bastion Point occupation NERFINISHED
knownFor 1977–1978 occupation
Michael Joseph Savage Memorial NERFINISHED
Māori land-rights protests
locatedIn Auckland NERFINISHED
Ōrākei NERFINISHED
near Mission Bay NERFINISHED
Ōkahu Bay NERFINISHED
overlooks Hauraki Gulf NERFINISHED
Waitematā Harbour NERFINISHED
partOf Auckland waterfront NERFINISHED
symbolOf Māori political activism
indigenous land rights
terrainFeature headland
traditionalLandOf Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei NERFINISHED
usedFor public reserve
recreation
tourism

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Michael Joseph Savage burialPlace Bastion Point, Auckland, New Zealand