What Really Happened - Waitangi

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What Really Happened - Waitangi

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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. Written by Gavin Strawhan, with input from novelist Witi Ihimaera, What Really Happened screened on TVNZ for Waitangi Day in 2011. Its nominations at the Aotearoa TV Awards include...

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Video

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2011

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/waitangi-what-really-happened-2011

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