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1901, Cornwall Park gifted to Auckland
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5 January
1977
Occupation of Bastion Point begins
Led by Joe Hawke, the Ōrākei Māori Action Committee occupied Takaparawhā (Bastion Point reserve), a promontory overlooking Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour.
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