The whale rider / Witi Ihimaera.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Auckland, N.Z. : Raupo, 2008Copyright date: ©1987Whakaahuatanga: 182 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780143011392
- 9780143503279
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Children's picture books | Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's | Children's picture books | I (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2231390 |
Originally published: Heinemann, 1987.
Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Maori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider'. In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir - there's only kahu. She should be the next in line for the title, but her great-grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored. And in her struggle she has a unique ally: the whale rider himself, from whom she has inherited the ability to communicate with whales. Once that sacred gift is revealed, Kahu may be able to re-establish her people's ancestral connections, earn her great-grandfather's attention and lead her tribe to a bold new future.
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