Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

Waitangi Day: What Really Happened(2011)

02/06/2011 (US)History1h 8m
NR

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 Burger

Director

Gavin Strawhan

Writer