Stolen Lands | Episode 3: The Trial | RNZ
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[PG] This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
In episode three, Colonel George Grey's militia bombard Ōpōtiki, Chief Mokomoko surrenders and is then wrongfully executed for the crime.
Colonel Grey had declared martial law and requested that Māori tribespeople assist in the arrest of the killers or their land would be confiscated.
When Grey's men arrived at Ōpōtiki they shot at the Māori, forcing them to retreat into nearby bushes.
Rather than pursue them, the Crown troops looted the pā then burnt it to the ground.
Chief Mokomoko, unaware he was the prime suspect for Völkner's murder, surrendered to the Crown on the condition their tribe would suffer no further punishment.
He and four other men was arrested for murder, trialled in Auckland and evidence of the rope used to hang Völkner was deemed sufficient for them to be sentenced to death.
Mokomoko proclaimed his innocence yet he and the other men were executed in May 1866. One hundred and thirty-seven years later, his remains were exhumed from Auckland's Mount Eden prison and returned to Ōpōtiki.
Made with the support of Te Māngai Pāho.
These documentaries are great. Hope there are many more in the pipeline.
Well done.
Unbelievably powerful. Magnificently presented.
Its Te whakatohea bro Mana ingoa
My grandmothers HinehouMatehaere Mokomoko just saying hes my grandfather aswel
They all are brutha slay chur chur killa
Harty Whanz Ngati
Pakeha decietful people alright and its still happening today
Pakeha were eaten by maori. I have never heard a apology from any maori.
@@PakehaParker pakeha are still eating people today
@@melaroha8003 forgive them for, they know not what they do 😔
@@melaroha8003 where?
@@PakehaParker Egyptian mummies were eaten by the British never heard a apology from the British. At one point or another almost all have practiced cannibalism throughout history. What is your point exactly?