Whale Rider
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea’s direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief
. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.
Title: Whale Rider
Release Date: 2002
Genres: Drama, Family
- Directors: Caro, Niki
- Actors:
- Castle-Hughes, Keisha as Paikea
- Paratene, Rawiri as Koro
- Haughton, Vicky as Nanny Flowers
- Curtis, Cliff as Porourangi
- Roa, Grant as Uncle Rawiri
- Taumaunu, Mana as Hemi
- House, Rachel as Shilo
- Emile, Taungaroa as Willie
- Davis, Tammy as Dog
- Wharekawa, Mabel as Maka
- Clarke, Rawinia as Miro
- Simpson, Tahei as Miss Parata
- Taimana, Roi as Hemi’’s Dad
- Skeen, Elizabeth as Rehua
- White, Tyronne as Jake