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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 newb...

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Main Author: Gerrard, Lisa (Composer)
Corporate Authors: ApolloMedia (Firm) (Producer), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm), NZ On Air (Producer), New Zealand Film Commission (Producer), New Zealand Film Production Fund (Producer), Pandora Film (Firm) (Producer), South Pacific Pictures (Firm) (Producer)
Other Authors: Barnett, John, 1945- (Producer), Caro, Niki, 1967- (Screenwriter, Director), Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 1990- (Actor), Coulson, David, Curtis, Cliff, 1968- (Actor), Haughton, Vicky (Actor), House, Rachel (Actor), Huebner, Frank (Producer), Hübner, Frank, Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-, Narbey, Leon, 1947-, Paratene, Rawiri (Actor), Roa, Grant, 1974- (Actor), Sanders, Tim (Film producer) (Producer), Sanders, Tim, Taumaunu, Mana, 1989- (Actor)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003], ©2002
Culver City, Calif. : [2003]
Edition:Special ed
Subjects:
Ihimaera, Witi, > 1944- > Film adaptations
Ihimaera, Witi, > 1944-
Chiefdoms > New Zealand > Whangarei > Drama
Grandparent and child > New Zealand > Whangarei > Drama
Motion pictures, New Zealand
Whales > Drama
Chiefdoms
Grandparent and child
Whales
New Zealand > Whangarei
Drama
Feature films
Film adaptations
Films for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings

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Call Number: DVD 021 153

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