ARL News

Ruapekapeka Pa

01 Nov 2017

The Stories of Ruapekapeka, a documentary highlighting Northland's most infamous armed conflict, is hosted by RNZ's Maori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes, and was made alongside Great Southern Television with funding from NZ on Air. It coincides with commemorations of the New Zealand Wars. Animation Research Limited created several animations spread throughout the documentary that visualized the Ruapekapeka forest, the British encampments and Ruapekapeka Pa as they were in 1845 - as well as producing a 360° interactive web app for the RNZ website.

Above: Fly over from British Camp to Ruapekapeka Pa

12.05.2018 - RNZ, Great Southern TV and ARL are awarded 'Best Innovation in digital Storytelling' for NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka, at the Voyager Media Awards 2018