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Suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand.
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Bastion Point
5 linksTakaparawhau / Bastion Point is a coastal piece of land in Ōrākei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitematā Harbour.
Mission Bay, New Zealand
3 linksSeaside suburb of Auckland city, on the North Island of New Zealand.
Seaside suburb of Auckland city, on the North Island of New Zealand.
Mission Bay is located seven kilometres to the east of the city centre, on the southern shore of the Waitematā Harbour, between Ōrākei and Kohimarama.
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
4 linksAuckland-based Māori hapū in New Zealand.
Auckland-based Māori hapū in New Zealand.
The 700-acre Ōrākei block was all that remained.
Kohimarama
3 linksCoastal residential Auckland suburb, located to the east of the city.
Coastal residential Auckland suburb, located to the east of the city.
Local government of Kohimarama is the responsibility of the Ōrākei Local Board, which also includes the suburbs of Ōrākei, Mission Bay, St Heliers, Glendowie, St Johns, Meadowbank, Remuera and Ellerslie.
Ngāti Whātua
3 linksMāori iwi of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island.
Māori iwi of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island.
Ngāti Whātua came to national prominence in the 1970s in a dispute over vacant land at Bastion Point, a little way east of the Auckland city centre, adjoining the suburb of Ōrākei.
Waitematā Harbour
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<mapframe text="Location and extent of Waitematā Harbour in relation to Auckland" width=270 height=300 zoom=10 latitude=-36.830 longitude=174.700>
Prior to European settlement, the harbour was the site of many Tāmaki Māori pā and kāinga, including Kauri Point in Chatswood, Okā at Point Erin, Te Tō at Freemans Bay, Te Ngahuwera, Te Rerenga-oraiti at Point Britomart, and Ōrākei.
Iwi
2 linksIwi are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society.
Iwi are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society.
Ngāti Whātua (based in and north of Auckland – notably Bastion Point in Ōrākei)
New Zealand Flying School
1 linksFormed in 1915, by the Walsh Brothers, Leo and Vivian, to train pilots for the Royal Flying Corps.
Formed in 1915, by the Walsh Brothers, Leo and Vivian, to train pilots for the Royal Flying Corps.
The flying school first began operating from a shed in Ōrākei, taking the first three pupils on 2 October 1915.
Selwyn College, Auckland
1 linksCo-educational state secondary school in Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand.
Co-educational state secondary school in Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand.
Selwyn College was built in 1956 to service Auckland's rapidly growing suburban sprawl during the post-war population boom and newly developed areas such as Meadowbank–St. Johns and Kohimarama–Ōrākei.
Māori protest movement
1 linksBroad indigenous-rights movement in New Zealand .
Broad indigenous-rights movement in New Zealand .
When the Waitangi Tribunal was given the power to investigate historical grievances, this the Ōrākei claim covering the Bastion Point area was one of the first cases for investigation.