Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

2011 · 68 min · History

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.

Directed by Peter Burger · Written by Gavin Strawhan

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