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Waitangi Day: What Really Happened (2011)
Directed by Peter Burger
Overview
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.
Length 68 minutes
Actors
George Henare | Rawiri Paratene | Calvin Tuteao | Jarod Rawiri | Stephen Lovatt | Craig Parker | Miriama McDowell | Te Kohe Tuhaka