Whale Rider
Whale Rider
Overview
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.
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Cast
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Rawiri Paratene
Vicky Haughton
Cliff Curtis
Grant Roa
Mana Taumaunu
Rachel House
Taungaroa Emile
Tammy Davis
Mabel Wharekawa
Rawinia Clarke
Tahei Simpson
Roi Taimana
Elizabeth Skeen
Rutene Spooner
John Sumner
Jane O'Kane
Crew
Niki Caro
Witi Ihimaera
Niki Caro
John Barnett
Lisa Gerrard
Leon Narbey
David Coulson
Tim Sanders
Frank Hübner
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Reinhard Brundig
Witi Ihimaera
Grant Major
Kirsty Cameron
Diana Rowan
Denise Kum
Sigmund Spath
David Madigan
Joan Scheckel
Gavin Strawhan
Riwia Fox
