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- Title
- Steven Wallace
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
In the early hours of 30 April 2000, Steven Wallace was shot by police in Waitara's main street after a window-smashing spree. His death rocked Aotearoa and the government of the day. A Police Complaints Authority report concluded the constable acted in self-defence. This te reo documentary (with subtitles) examines the tragedy from both sides. For local kaumātua the injustice of Wallace's death harks back to the 1880 Parihaka raid, and land seizures by the Crown. Superintendent Pieri Munro f...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2001
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/steven-wallace-2001
- Related subjects
- māori police relationship / 2000s / ngāti mutunga / overreaction / invasion / whānau / peter williams / self-defence / kaumātua / ngāti te whiti / pieri munro / police / mental health / taranaki / gun / waitara / parihaka / potential / academic success / family / grief / loss / waste / over reaction / helen clark / labour government / 2001 / te reo māori / tangi / rural / tensions / main street / window smash / golf club / violence / justice system / colonialism / 1880 / marae / huirangi waikerepuru / kaumatua / peter white / george watson / waitara freezing works / land wars / peka peka block / wikitoria / queen victoria / new plymouth district council / wiremu kingi / te miringa hohaia / moses kemp / noble nicholas / mahard okeroa / te tai tonga / te ati awa / haka / phil goff / police complaints authority / crown law / police dogs / tom hunt / whero bailey / weaving / healing / tom kettle / tim fletcher / firearms manual / judo / jarrod tuck / anger / rampage / institutional racism / racism / jim bailey / pathologist / injustice
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