Waitangi Day: What Really Happened (2011)
1h 8mFebruary 6, 2011
Peter Burger
Director
Gavin Strawhan
Writer
Rate
Diary
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.
