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Haurongo: Cameron, Duncan Alexander

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The governor (1977) on NZonScreen

Watch a dramatisation of the events surrounding the Waikato War of 1863–4, featuring Martyn Sanderson as General Duncan Cameron. The governor was a landmark television series about the life of Sir George Grey, and was both ambitious and highly controversial at the time of its release.

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Alexander, J. E. Bush fighting. London, 1873

Belich, J. The New Zealand wars. Auckland, 1986

Fox, W. The war in New Zealand. London, 1866

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

James Belich. 'Cameron, Duncan Alexander', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126300/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).