Waitangi Day: What Really Happened (2011)
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.
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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 is a History movie, released on 2011-02-06, runtime 68 minutes.
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Directed by
Peter Burger
Cast
- George Henare as Kawiti
- Rawiri Paratene as Kaiteke
- Calvin Tuteao as Nene
- Jarod Rawiri as Hone Heke
- Stephen Lovatt as Busby
- Craig Parker as Freeman
- Miriama McDowell as Hariata
- Te Kohe Tuhaka as Te Manawa
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