Toi RauWhat Really Happened – Waitangi
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 2011. Its nominations at the Aotearoa TV Awards included Best Drama, director (Peter Burger) and actor Jarod Rawiri (who played Hōne Heke).
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/waitangi-what-really-happened-2011
TITLE: What Really Happened – Waitangi
ACCESS DATE: March 2021
PROVIDER/ AUTHOR/ PUBLISHER: Eyeworks NZ (Producer), NZ On Screen (aggregator)
LOCATION: NZ On Screen
FORMAT TYPE: Documentary
DOMAIN: Te Reo Māori, Tikanga Māori, Mātauranga Māori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi
PLACE: Aotearoa, New Zealand
TIME PERIOD: 1840s