Bastion Point
Takaparawhau / Bastion Point is a coastal piece of land in Ōrākei, Auckland, New Zealand, overlooking the Waitematā Harbour. The area is significant in New Zealand history as the site of protests in the late 1970s by Māori against forced land alienation by Pākehā.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
- Type: Cape
- Description: piece of coastal land in Auckland, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kohimarama”, “Takaparawhā”, and “Takaparawhau”
Places of Interest
Highlights include SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium and Savage Memorial.
SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Andy king50, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium is a public aquarium opened in 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at 23 Tamaki Drive, it was the brainchild of New Zealand marine archaeologist and diver Kelly Tarlton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mission Bay and Ōrākei.
Mission Bay
Suburb
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mission Bay is a seaside suburb of Auckland city, on the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb's beach is a popular resort, located alongside Tamaki Drive.
Ōrākei
Suburb
Photo: Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ōrākei is a suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on a peninsula five kilometres to the east of the city centre, on the shore of the Waitematā Harbour, which lies to the north, and Hobson Bay and Ōrākei Basin, two arms of the Waitematā, which lie to the west and south.
Kohimarama
Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Kohimarama is a coastal residential Auckland suburb, located to the east of the city. Kohimarama is situated between Mission Bay and St Heliers and has an accessible beach with a boardwalk and green recreational spaces located amongst residential areas.
Bastion Point
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.8447° or 36° 50′ 41″ southLongitude
174.82441° or 174° 49′ 28″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
4VMP5R4F+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 7076620465OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Bastion Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bastion Point”
- French: “bastion Point”
- German: “Bastion Point (Neuseeland)”
- German: “Bastion Point”
- Hebrew: “גני בסטיון”
- Italian: “Bastion Point”
- Maori: “Kohimarama”
- Maori: “Takaparawhā”
- Maori: “Takaparawhau”
- Maori: “Toka-purewha”
- Russian: “Бэстион-Пойнт”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bastion Point”. Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.