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Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 6, 2011

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

History

Original Title

Waitangi Day: What Really Happened

Director

Peter Burger

Description

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.