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Maori (Ngati Konohi) Oceania

Whale Rider (2002)

Folklore
Paikea, the whale rider
Culture of origin
Maori (Ngati Konohi)
Made in
New Zealand
Year
2002

The folklore connection

Retells the ancestral legend of Paikea; a modern girl is framed as his rightful heir.