Why did Commissioner Larsen, the leader of Niue in the 1950s from New Zealand, get killed in his bed by three locals seeking justice and revenge?

New Zealand's representative to Niue, Cecil Hector Larsen, was killed by Niuean locals, the first New Zealand diplomat to have been killed abroad.

In an extraordinary story of the trauma suffered by indigenous people at the hands of an alleged tyrant, a dramatic chapter in New Zealand and Niuean history is unraveled.

Niuean family members, politicians, and historians give their perspectives on this little-known New Zealand colonial history of the ‘realm nation’ of Niue.