Story: Andersen, Gordon Harold (Bill)

Bill Andersen at Bastion Point

Bill Andersen was one of those arrested during the Bastion Point occupations of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Occupation organisers Joe and Rene Hawke wrote an inscription acknowledging Andersen’s contributions on the back of the photograph, which they gave to the Andersen family after Bill’s death.

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Cybèle Locke. 'Andersen, Gordon Harold (Bill)', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2019. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6a6/andersen-gordon-harold-bill (accessed 10 May 2024)