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The Haka Party Incident

Film (Excerpts) – 2024

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In 2021 Katie Wolfe's play The Haka Party Incident opened at Auckland's ASB Waterfront Theatre to immediate acclaim, followed by a successful national tour. Wolfe returned to the topic when she made this documentary on the events of 1 May 1979. That day, a group of Pākehā Auckland University engineering students commenced their capping week 'tradition'; a drunken, mock haka. Māori and Pasifika activist group He Taua challenged the students, events escalated and violence broke out. In the first of two excerpts, activist Hilda Halkyard-Harawira describes the motives behind her group's actions.

The last New Zealand war took place in 1979. It lasted three minutes.
– Promotional wording for this documentary

Key Cast & Crew

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Nīkau Balme

Kaitito Haka

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Katie Wolfe

Director, Producer

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Tim Balme

Producer

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Kingsley Spargo

Composer

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Carly Turner

Editor

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Phoebe Shum

Archive Producer

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Tasman Ray

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Tasman Ray