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| Genres: |
Drama | Family |
| Countries: |
Germany | New Zealand |
| Actors: |
Castle-Hughes, Keisha | Paratene, Rawiri | Haughton, Vicky | Curtis, Cliff | Roa, Grant | Taumaunu, Mana | House, Rachel | Emile, Taungaroa | Davis, Tammy | Wharekawa, Mabel | Clarke, Rawinia | Simpson, Tahei | Taimana, Roi | Skeen, Elizabeth | White, Tyronne |
| Directors: |
Caro, Niki |
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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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