Whale Rider

Synopsis

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

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Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Paikea Apirana

Rawiri Paratene

Koro

Vicky Haughton

Nanny Flowers

Cliff Curtis

Porourangi

Grant Roa

Uncle Rawiri

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Mana Taumaunu

Hemi

Rachel House

Shilo

Taungaroa Emile

Willie

Tammy Davis

Dog

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Mabel Wharekawa

Maka

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Rawinia Clarke

Miro

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Tahei Simpson

Miss Parata

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Roi Taimana

Hemi's Dad

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Elizabeth Skeen

Rehua

Rutene Spooner

Parekura

John Sumner

Obstetrician

Jane O'Kane

Anne

Crew

Art

• Grant Major Production Design
• James Mok Title Designer

Camera

• Leon Narbey Director of Photography
• Sigmund Spath Underwater Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Kirsty Cameron Costume Design
• Denise Kum Makeup Supervisor

Crew

• Mark Harris Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Niki Caro Director

Editing

• David Coulson Editor

Production

• John Barnett Producer
• Tim Sanders Producer
• Frank Hübner Producer
• Linda Goldstein Knowlton Executive Producer
• Reinhard Brundig Co-Producer
• Witi Ihimaera Associate Producer
• Diana Rowan Casting
• Riwia Fox Casting Assistant
• Christina Asher Casting
• Stuart Turner Casting

Sound

• Lisa Gerrard Original Music Composer
• David Madigan Sound Recordist
• Stephan Colli Sound Designer
• Josef Steinbüchel Sound Designer
• Mirko Reinhard Sound Designer
• André Zimmermann Sound Designer
• Wilmont Schulze Foley Artist
• Stefan Korte Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects

• George Maihoefer Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Witi Ihimaera Author
• Niki Caro Screenplay
• Joan Scheckel Script Consultant
• Gavin Strawhan Script Consultant

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