A new documentary with accompanying podcast casts fresh light on a campaign in the New Zealand Wars.
NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui is the third part of a series produced for RNZ by Great Southern Television and looks at the events surrounding the invasion of the Waikato by soldiers of the Crown in 1863.
The action preserved the power of what is now one of Aotearoa's oldest political institutions- the Kīngitanga- and paved the way for land confiscations that remain the subject of debate to this day.
We speak to the show's host and creator Mihingarangi Forbes, and to Waikato Tribal Historian Rahui Papa.
You can watch the film here:and listen to the podcast here
Rahui Papa & Mihingarangi Forbes visit the battle site at Rangiriri Photo: RNZ
