Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

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• 2011-02-06
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• ▪ 1h-8m

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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.

• Peter BurgerDirector

  Gavin StrawhanWriter

  Robin ScholesProducer