The government announced that it had agreed to the Waitangi Tribunal's recommendation that Bastion Point on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour be returned to the local iwi, Ngati Whatua.
Police and army removed all 218 occupants of Bastion Point, Auckland, ending an occupation that began in January 1977. Ngati Whatua were protesting the loss of land in the Orakei Block, which had once been declared ‘absolutely inalienable’.
Joe Hawke leads an occupation of Takaparawha (Bastion Point reserve), Auckland, to protest against the Crown's decision to sell land that Ngati Whatua maintained had been wrongly taken from them.
