Waitangi Day: What Really Happened (2011)
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.
- Date of release
- 2011-02-06
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- History
- Director
- Peter Burger
Casting
- George Henare — Kawiti
- Rawiri Paratene — Kaiteke
- Calvin Tuteao — Nene
- Jarod Rawiri — Hone Heke
- Stephen Lovatt — Busby
- Craig Parker — Freeman
- Miriama McDowell — Hariata
- Te Kohe Tuhaka — Te Manawa
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