The Russians are Coming

Television (Full Length) – 2011

We travel to Russia to find the taonga that were traded when the Russians visited. Taonga that tell us of a people that no longer exist because Te Rauparaha came to the sounds several years after the Russian visit and annihilated the inhabitants of that area. The only remaining memory of these people are the taonga that exist in these Russian museums.
– Producer and director Toby Mills

So it is that we approach the land where several English and French sailors have been eaten by the natives!
– Nikolai Galkin

How amazing to think that the Russians could've worn Māori raincoats when they were in the Southern Ocean?
– Moana Maniopoto

As ambassadors of our great nation, whether you are visiting civilised or uncivilised lands, you are to be humble, and earn their love and respect.
– Tsar Alexander the First

The Russians are coming here in state of the art vessels: they are the Starship Enterprise voyaging in open space by comparison with the equipment and technology and knowledge that Cook had.
– Tipene O'Regan