Waitangi Day: What Really Happened
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- Runtime
- 68 mins
This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi's signing on 6 February 1840. Dropping the usual solemnity surrounding Aotearoa's founding document, it uses humour and asides to camera to evoke the chaos and motives behind the treaty. This clip features a confrontation between Hone Heke and representatives of the Crown.
This docudrama follows an imaginary news reporter who travels back in time to cover the days leading up to the Treaty of Waitangi's signing on 6 February 1840. Dropping the usual solemnity surrounding Aotearoa's founding document, it uses humour and asides to camera to evoke the chaos and motives behind the treaty. This clip features a confrontation between Hone Heke and representatives of the Crown.
Cast
- George Henare
- Rawiri Paratene
- Calvin Tuteao
- Jarod Rawiri
- Stephen Lovatt
- Craig Parker
- Miriama McDowell
- Te Kohe Tuhaka
Director
- Peter Burger
Producers
- Robin Scholes
