The 1977 Occupation Of Bastion Point

A Brief Description of the Key IssuesDiscuss about the 1977 Occupation of Bastion Point.
The occupation of the Bastion Point by the Whatua people and subsequent confiscation by the New Zealand government marked the long land protests by its occupants (Harris, 2004: New Zealand History, 2016). The Bastion Point (commonly known as Takaparawhau in M?ori) is a coastal piece of land that is closer to the Waitemata Harbour. Due to the land pr…