Cruickshank on New Zealand - The Whale Rider, The Meeting House and the Haka

Dan Cruickshank explores the consequences of the arrival of the British on the indigenous Maori people after Captain Cook's arrival in New Zealand in 1769, and how the European settlers adapted and exploited the many riches this new world had to offer. Dan visits a traditional Maori Meeting House and the village where Pikea, the legendary Whale Rider, was said to have come ashore. He also watches a modern-day Haka, warning young men to take responsibility for children they have fathered and neglected.