Operation 8 / Operation eight directed by Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones. - [Wellington, N.Z.] : CutCutCut Films, c2011. - 1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm

Producer, Errol Wright. Producer, Errol Wright.

On October 15, 2007, activists around New Zealand woke to guns in their faces. Black-clad police smashed down doors, dragging families onto the roads and detaining some without food or water. In the village of Rūātoki, helicopters hovered while locals were stopped at roadblocks. Operation 8 involved 18 months of surveillance of political activists and culminated in their being accused of attending terrorist training camps in Te Urewera, homeland of the Tūhoe people. Operation 8 asks how and why the raids took place. How did the War on Terror become a global hunt for dissenters reaching even to the South Pacific?

Rating : M - Contains offensive language.


DVD ; Region 0 ; Dolby digital 5.1; Dolby stereo 2.0 ; Aspect ratio: 16:9 ; PAL.

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CutCutCut Films, PO Box 9578, Marion Sq, Wellington, N.Z. ; http://cutcutcut.com ; contact@cutcutcut.com


Terrorism investigation--Social aspects--New Zealand
Police patrol--Surveillance operations--Social aspects--New Zealand.
Political persecution--New Zealand
Ngāi Tūhoe (New Zealand people)--Political activity
Tūkinotanga
Mautohe


New Zealand--Politics and government--21st century.


Documentary films.

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