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Part one of four from Episode Four: He Iwi Ko Tahi Tatou. (Full Length)

Part two of four from Episode Four: He Iwi Ko Tahi Tatou. (Full Length)

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The credits from Episode Four of this series.

The Governor - He Iwi Ko Tahi Tatou (Episode Four)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1977

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The Governor examined the life of George Grey, providing a whole new angle on traditional portraits of him as the "Good Governor". The six-part historical blockbuster was hugely controversial, provoking a parliamentary inquiry and "test match sized" audiences. This episode — 'He Iwi Kotahi Tatou' (Now We Are One People)' — won a Feltex award for best script. War looms in the Waikato as Māori tribes band together; peacemaker and kingmaker Wiremu Tāmihana (the late Don Selwyn) agonises over the right course of action.

It [the Governor] has made Māori matter. If Pākehā now have a better understanding of the Māori point of view; if the Māori, particularly the younger generation, now have a pride in their race, it stems from The Governor.
– Auckland Star reviewer Barry Shaw