feb 11, 1952 - Okahu Bay/Bastion Point Maori settlement - destroyed

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Rather than assist the improvement of the ‘unsightly’ and unhealthy Ngati Whatua settlement and meeting house at the Okahu Bay marae, where tribal visitors to Auckland had traditionally been hosted, the government destroyed them and relocated the inhabitants. Such actions created new, and eventually high-profile, grievances

Source: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-HilMaor-t1-body-d2-d1.html#t1-body-d2-d1-x3-n1

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