Whale Rider
In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
Overview
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Revenue
- $41,400,000
- Production
- South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Niki Caro
- Writers
- Niki Caro
- Cinematography
- Leon Narbey
- Composer
- Lisa Gerrard
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CinemaSerf
February 13, 2026
In a cinematic world where tens of millions can be dropped on big names, endless CGI and mediocre writing it’s nice to come across something that strips back the story and the characterisations to something more natural. This is one such film. The Whangara people have lived their way, in their community, since long before New Zealand came into being as a nation and all based on the legend of “Paikea” and his chieftain descendants. It is into this patriarchy that “Pai” (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is b…