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Whale rider, a Newmarket Films release, South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in association with The New Zealand Film Production Fund, The New Zealand Film Commission, and NZ on Air, and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH

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diorama

MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief language and a momentary drug reference

Whale rider

videorecording DVD

a Newmarket Films release, South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in association with The New Zealand Film Production Fund, The New Zealand Film Commission, and NZ on Air, and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH

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The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai shows that she possesses natural leadership ability

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