The haka party incident
SYNOPSIS
A film about the most important three minutes in Aotearoa’s history.
On May 1st, 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists, He Taua, confronted a
gathering of University of Auckland engineering students as they rehearsed their ‘mock’ haka.
The fracas that followed prompted the nation to confront systemic racism and make change for a better and more equal partnership between Pākehā and Māori.
Although the aftermath of the clash changed race relations in Aotearoa forever, the incident itself was quickly forgotten. Until now…
DIRECTED BY
Katie Wolfe
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
NZ - 2024
LANGUAGE
English, Te Reo
GENRE
Documentary, NZ Film
