Whale Rider

Synopsis

In this contemporary re-telling of a Maori legend, a young girl must challenge her grandfather and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

Based on the best-selling 1986 book by Witi Ihimaera, the first Maori novelist to be published in New Zealand.

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Mana Taumaunu, Taungaroa Emile, Tammy Davis, Mabel Wharekawa-Burt, Rawinia Clarke, Tahei Simpson, Tyronne White