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The Waimate Conspiracy

7.0 100 mins Drama   2006
Hazard Press Productions   Dark Horse Films  
Director(s): Stefen Harris

Release Date: 15 Tue, Aug 2006

The 2005 discovery of a cannonball, buried for 138 years in a paddock, throws Waimate into turmoil. It is all the Maori locals need to confirm their long-held belief that they were forcibly removed from their tribal lands, in a bloody 1866 battle. The hotly contested claim eventually ends up in the District Court and on the lens of cameraman Dave who captures all the arguments, frauds and forgeries of the townspeople, in a cinema verité mockumentary style.

Casts of The Waimate Conspiracy

David McPhail

as Judge Henry

Jim Moriarty

as George Kepa

Helen Pearse Otene

as Xena Kepa

Janice Gray

as Delia McMillan

Mark Hadlow

as Mr. Glue QC

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