Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Fire raged through the town. Tongues of flame danced from house to house, devouring buildings whole... What would happen to Te Tiriti?
Short animation from He Tohu exhibition [1min].

Interview recorded as part of the He Tohu exhibition [16min 21s].

Take a voyage through the history of New Zealand with The Aotearoa History Show from RNZ - a part-animated web-series. Fourteen short, sharp episodes dissect the what, when, how, and (most importantly) why of our past [18min 25s].

A documentary series that tells the stories of white New Zealanders who are confronting our colonial past and present, 250 years after Cook’s arrival. Made with the support of NZ On Air.

Inspired by an epiphany at the Waitangi Treaty grounds in 2000, and after learning New Zealand’s founding document was actually several pieces of paper, comedian Mike King went on a quest to learn the stories behind Te Tiriti o Waitangi. King traces the 1840 path of the nine sheets as it accrued its 540 signatures, meets Māori and Pākehā descendants of those involved, and connects with his Māori heritage. The 10-part series screened on Māori Television.

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.