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    Charles Heaphy

    The multi-faceted Charles Heaphy made quite an impact on colonial New Zealand as an artist, explorer, soldier and colonial administrator. He was the first colonial soldier to win the Victoria Cross

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Bastion Point land returned

1988 Bastion Point land returned

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. more...

Internal links

Treaty events since 1950 - Treaty timelineReclaiming Bastion Point - roadside stories

External links

  • Orakei (Waitangi Tribunal)
  • Treaty of Waitangi events from the 1970s (RNZ)
  • TV film of Bastion Point occupation (Te Ara)
  • Ngati Whatua (Te Ara)
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