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Description

A flyer about stopping the subdivision of Bastion Point, and requesting support for a planned march and picket in Palmerston North. It also contains information about the land historically and the issues. Bastion Point has come to symbolise Māori land issues. It was given to the Crown by Ngāti Whātua as a defence site during the Russian scare of 1885. In 1977–78 a 506-day protest against a proposed Crown sale was held there, which ended when the Police and Army evicted the Ngati Whatua people and supporters. The march and picket was arranged for the 4th anniversary of that occasion.

Identification

Object type

Multi-Page Document

Archive

Palmerston North Poster Collection

Relation

A175/50

Date

May 1982

Digitisation ID

2017Pa_A175-50_019826

Format

Paper

Held In

"Research File"