| Title |
Bastion Point- Day 507 |
| Released |
1980 |
| Comments |
Unable to obtain a copy of the film from within Victoria. Nor is it available in the National Archive.Unfortunate. Is on 16mm in colour, run time 26 mins. |
| Synopsis |
A documentary of "the occupation of Bastion Point in the struggle for Maori land rights. The protest began in 1977 when the government proposed to subdivide Maori land in the centre of Auckland city", land occupied by the Ngati Whatua people." The film concentrates on the 507th day of occupation when the protestors were forcibly removed." ('Moving Images from Aotearoa/New Zealand' Headlands Museum of Contemporary Art, Vic Uni Press) |
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