Whale Rider

In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Drama Family

Keisha Castle-Hughes

(Paikea Apirana)

Rawiri Paratene

(Koro)

Vicky Haughton

(Nanny Flowers)

Cliff Curtis

(Porourangi)

Grant Roa

(Uncle Rawiri)

Mana Taumaunu

(Hemi)

Rachel House

(Shilo)

Taungaroa Emile

(Willie)

Tammy Davis

(Dog)

Mabel Wharekawa

(Maka)

Rawinia Clarke

(Miro)

Tahei Simpson

(Miss Parata)

Roi Taimana

(Hemi's Dad)

Elizabeth Skeen

(Rehua)

Rutene Spooner

(Parekura)

John Sumner

(Obstetrician)

Jane O'Kane

(Anne)