Protesters to stay to last
PA Auckland In spite of the eleventhhour pleadings of three Maori elders, the Bastion Point protesters have decided to remain on the disputed land and be removed by the police. They say they will go peacefully when the police come to remove them and that the final protest will be passive. Mr Jack Rameka. a member of the Bastion Point Action Committee, said last evening: “We owe something to ourselves. If confrontation with the police means being taken to court and going to jail we will suffer the consequences, but at all times our action will be passive and peaceful.”
Today is the 503rd day of occupancy on Bastion Point. The three elders of Te Matakite — Mrs Whina Cooper, Mr Bill Court, and Mr Morgan Puru — met about 150 people at Bastion Point yesterday. Mr Rameka said Mrs Cooper told the meeting she did not want to see anyone hurt. She suggested the protesters walk off the land with her, rather than have a confrontation with the police.
Mr Court and Mr Puru agreed that Mrs Cooper’s suggestion would be the wisest course.
Last evening the action group and others met at the Orakei marae to discuss tactics to be used after they were taken off the land.
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