A report on Bastion Point and Kohimarama

Bastion Point seen from the fishing pier jutting out into the Waitematā Harbour.
A marae on Takaparawhau in the 1890s.
Looking west over the Eastern Beaches, Kohimarama in the middle distance. The three beaches are: in the foreground St Heliers, then Kohimarama, lastly Mission Bay.
Bastion Point activist campaign at Nambassa alternatives festival 1981.
Kohimarama
Grave and memorial near Bastion Point.
Kohimarama beach and Tamaki Drive
The entrance to Ōrākei Marae, the cultural hub for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
Sunrise on 1 May 2009
Kohimarama

The nearby beach named Waiparera by Māori was changed to Kohimarama Beach by Pākehā.

- Bastion Point

Kohimarama was the original Māori name for Bastion Point which is now named Takaparawhau by owners Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

- Kohimarama
Bastion Point seen from the fishing pier jutting out into the Waitematā Harbour.

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Ōrākei

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Suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand.

The entrance to Ōrākei Marae
The Michael Joseph Savage Memorial

Takaparawhau / Bastion Point is a coastal piece of land in Ōrākei.

Ōrākei was the first location where the New Zealand Flying School operated from between October and November 1915, before moving to Mission Bay, and a permanent location at Kohimarama in 1916.