Waitangi Day: What Really Happened (2011)

Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

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.

Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

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George Henare
George Henare
as Kawiti
Rawiri Paratene
Rawiri Paratene
as Kaiteke
Calvin Tuteao
Calvin Tuteao
as Nene
Jarod Rawiri
Jarod Rawiri
as Hone Heke
Stephen Lovatt
Stephen Lovatt
as Busby
Craig Parker
Craig Parker
as Freeman
Miriama McDowell
Miriama McDowell
as Hariata
Te Kohe Tuhaka
Te Kohe Tuhaka
as Te Manawa

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Peter Burger
Peter Burger
Director
Gavin Strawhan
Gavin Strawhan
Writer
Robin Scholes
Robin Scholes
Producer

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