The governor (1977) on NZonScreen

Watch a dramatisation of the events surrounding the signing of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi in 1840 and its aftermath, featuring George Henare as Hōne Heke Pōkai. 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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