0:00:50 > 0:00:53In the old days, the land felt a great emptiness.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56It was waiting.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Waiting to be filled up.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Waiting for someone to love it.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Waiting for a leader.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And he came on the back of a whale.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26A man to lead a new people.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Our ancestor...Paikea.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40But now we were waiting for the first-born of the new generation,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43for the descendent of the Whale Rider.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48For the boy who would be chief.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Paikea...
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Paikea.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19There was no gladness when I was born.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27My twin brother died and took our mother with him.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Rawiri.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13Everyone was waiting for the first-born boy to lead us, but he died.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And I didn't.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24SHE SINGS A LAMENT IN MAORI
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Where's the boy?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02GRANDMOTHER WAILS SOFTLY
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Son?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10What's done is done. Come home.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Come home.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Start again.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29You mean pretend it never happened?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- That's not what I'm saying. - You didn't even look at her, Dad!
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- She died.- Son...- No, no, NO!
0:04:37 > 0:04:40No. All you want is your boy.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- It's all right. - That's all you want, isn't it?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- You can start again! - Hey, I've got a child.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Her name's Paikea.- What?!
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- You heard me.- No. Not that name.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- It's Paikea.- No!
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Porourangi.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Porourangi!
0:05:15 > 0:05:16POROURANGI!
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Take her away.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Ka pupu ko Te Rawea Ka pupu ko e Kawitiwiti
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Ka pupu ko Te Tira wai hekura Ko tikitiki a Tai
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Ko Tikitiki a Rangi
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Haumi e!
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Taiki e. - BABY CRIES
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I told you to take her away.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02No. You acknowledge your granddaughter.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- BABY STOPS CRYING - She likes you.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- He'll have another child. - He just lost a child, and a wife.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Isn't that enough?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24You give that boy some time, you hear me?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27He'll be back when he's ready.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Stupid old paka.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39You say the word and I'll get a divorce, bubba.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Just say the word.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45What'd he say to her?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Same old story.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Not good enough for him, is she? - He start that early with me?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54You're a man, you can handle it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Here. Better get used to it.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02This one's gonna need someone to look out for her.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Yeah, all right.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14My koro wished in his heart that I'd never been born.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19But he changed his mind.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43SHE LAUGHS
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Hey! You old Paka! KORO LAUGHS
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Quick!
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Gee, they were quick. Must've let them off early.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- You've been smoking.- Says you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Maori women have got to stop smoking.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53We've got to protect our child-bearing properties.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Youse coming to the concert?
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- Might.- Bet she's got her best gear all laid out on the bed.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- My dad's coming.- Better get my flash dress out then(!)
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- How long's he staying this time? Five minutes?- Longer than that.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15That's good. Cos I blinked and missed him last time.
0:09:15 > 0:09:21- What time's the concert, bub? - Seven-thirty. And don't be late.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Gee, she's bossy, that one.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29You'd have to be smoking in a pretty funny place to wreck your child-bearing properties!
0:09:38 > 0:09:40SHE SINGS IN MAORI
0:10:06 > 0:10:08SHE STAMPS RHYTHMICALLY
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- No good to you, you reckon?- Shh!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Ko wai te tekoteko kei runga?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29ALL: Ko Paikea! Ko Paikea!
0:10:30 > 0:10:32PARP!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36PARP!
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Whakakau he tahora!
0:10:53 > 0:10:57I Koro e. Hei!
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Geez, what are they feeding you? - You look different.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Well, you do too.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Must be growing up.- Am not.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Sorry I was late.- Doesn't matter. I was stink anyway.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Gotta look my best for your brother.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Hey, Bro.- Rawiri?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Good to see you, man.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- Yeah, put on a bit of weight since I saw you last, eh?- Yeah!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Hey, this is my new lady. - Kia ora.- Kia ora.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08How many of my sons you need, girl?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Give us a hand with the food. Make yourself useful.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14You too, Pai.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Come on, mate. Let these important guys have their talk, eh?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Take your time.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44They've been waiting for you.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Been a while this time, Son.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Been away.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- Didn't you get my postcards?- Your mother put something on the fridge.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09- I don't know what it was. A bridge or something.- France, probably.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14I've been spending a bit of time in Germany too.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Like you there, do they? - Some of them do.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- So you've been busy then? - Yeah. Yeah, it's been good.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27You know, I've got a gallery interested, had some good shows...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33How about you?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37We've been all right.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It's good to see you, Dad.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09It was my father's waka.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12But after I was born he didn't want to carve it anymore.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19He went away.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Everybody did.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Sorry, Mum. - You've come a long way.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I think you can have a sleep-in.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Isn't he having any breakfast? - Septic tank's blocked at the marae.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Can't somebody else do it? - Eat your breakfast.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56- You're too skinny. Can't hardly see your bum in those pants.- Thanks, Mum
0:15:01 > 0:15:06- Thanks, Ma. - Your timing's spooky, boy.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18THEY BLOW RASPBERRIES AND LAUGH
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Ow! What was that for?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30For the concert last night. You have more respect next time.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44That teacher of yours... Got herself a husband yet?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Don't think so.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49She still got those things on her teeth?
0:15:57 > 0:16:02Paka, at school we gotta do a speech on where we come from and that.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09So anyway, you know how we all came on a whale?
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- That's right. - But where did the whale come from?
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- ENGINE FAILS TO START - From Hawaiki.- Where's that?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It's where we lived before we came here.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Where the ancestors are.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- So Paikea came from there?- Ae.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- How long ago?- A long time.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33But how long?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39See that there?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Look at it closely.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45What do you see?
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- Lots of little bits of rope all twisted together.- That's right.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53SPEAKS MAORI
0:16:58 > 0:17:03"Weave together the threads of Paikea so that our line remains strong."
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Each one of those threads is one of your ancestors,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13all joined together and strong.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16All the way back to that whale of yours.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Useless bloody rope! I'll get another one.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52ENGINE STARTS
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Paka! Paka!
0:17:59 > 0:18:01It's working!
0:18:03 > 0:18:05It's working.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- ENGINE STOPS - I don't want you to do that again.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10It's dangerous.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00That's a good one.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Come in.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14There's a seat for you over there.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- Kia ora.- Kia ora.- Hi.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21- Kia ora.- Have you met Pai's father? Porourangi...
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- this is Miss Parata from the school. - Kia ora.- Kia ora.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- I thought she'd appreciate seeing the show.- No problem.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35This is some of my work from my last exhibition in Germany.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Start again, from the beginning. She wants to see all of it.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43All right.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Like I was saying... Oh, sorry!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Who's that, bro?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Ana. A woman I've been seeing.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Actually, she's pregnant.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- We're expecting a child. - Why didn't you tell me?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Congratulations, bro! Y'always get the good-looking ones!
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Where is she? Why didn't you bring her?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21She lives in Germany, Mum. She wanted to have the child at home.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- But you'll bring her back here? - Yeah, course.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Well, a bit of a visit, you know, when the baby gets big.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Rawiri, take Miss Parata back to town.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Come with me, Pai.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58When were you gonna tell me? The day you left?
0:20:58 > 0:21:02I've been trying to tell you since I got here.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Look, Dad, it's not for ever...
0:21:05 > 0:21:09It's Ana's first child, you know? Her work's there, her family...
0:21:09 > 0:21:14- Family?- Yeah. I can't expect her to move to the other side of the world.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Don't you use her as an excuse. You can't wait to go. I see it in you.
0:21:18 > 0:21:25- You never stay because it hurts you to see what's happening to us.- Yeah, it does.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30But you can still walk away! Leave your waka out there to rot!
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I'm not here shovelling shit, but Dad I'm doing my share.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Look, did you even see my work?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Did you? Did you even look at it?
0:21:38 > 0:21:42You call it work! It's not work - it's souvenirs!
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Those young men you turn your back on,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47they've got something to learn from you.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51You've got something to offer. Don't you turn away!
0:21:51 > 0:21:55You got the privileges, but you forget you've also got the obligations!
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Look at me, Dad.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04For once in your life. Go on.
0:22:09 > 0:22:16- You don't even know who I am. - I know who you're meant to be. Who you were born to be.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Oh, yeah, right... But I failed you, eh, Dad?
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Because I had a daughter?! Well, I might have another one!
0:22:25 > 0:22:27But you won't treat another child of mine like that.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30If you don't like the job I'm doing, take her with you!
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Stop it!- She's no use to me.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- DOOR OPENS - Pai!
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Leave her. I'll get her. Pai?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29You all right?
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Gotta watch that koro sometimes. Big mouth of his gets away on him.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40He didn't mean it. About me.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Well, you know...
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Maybe we should think about it.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Think about what?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55You coming to live with me for a while.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04What do you think?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Why doesn't he want me?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Oh, Pai, it's not you.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It's not even about you, in a way.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Koro, he's just...
0:24:15 > 0:24:20- He's just looking for something that doesn't exist anymore.- A new leader?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- They exist.- Yeah, they do.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Except I think... it's become even more than that.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32- In his head, your koro, he needs a prophet.- What's that?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Well, somebody who's going to lead our people out of the darkness,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42and who'll make everything all right again.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Only problem is, you can't just decide who those people are,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49just because you want them to be, eh?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Like my brother?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Yeah.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Your koro made himself believe so strongly that he'd be the one.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11But what if he was?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18And what if he wasn't?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25You know, your koro - he did the same thing with me?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Is that why he's so hard on you?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Yep. Pretty much.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Because I can't be what he wants, eh?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Me neither.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57You think about it, OK?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02You know you'd make me really happy if you'd come and stay with me.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Just think about it.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Ready, Pai?- One more go.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33You be good to that girl.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57CAR DOOR SHUTS, ENGINE STARTS
0:28:07 > 0:28:09That's right. You look.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18I'm gonna need all the first-born boys. It's time they learnt.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23- Learnt what?- When she was born, that's when things went wrong for us.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27That's where we'll find the answer.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51You all right?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Stop the car!
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Pai?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04What is it, Pai?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Can we go home now?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13But why? What's wrong?
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- I have to go home.- Why?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22I just have to.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27I know. Here, it's OK.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Paka! I'm back.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- Not now, Pai.- But I'm back.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52I'm back.
0:30:55 > 0:31:01Anyway, where does that information come from? It comes from the books.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05DOOR SLAMS
0:31:05 > 0:31:07BELL RINGS
0:31:19 > 0:31:21You shouldn't be smoking.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Trying to give up, aren't I?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- How come you didn't go with your dad?- I did.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33For one day. I would've gone.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- When my dad gets out I'm gonna go with him.- Where?
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Wherever. Get out of this dump.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Koro's gonna be pissed off when he sees you smoking.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- No, he won't, cos he's not coming. - Is so!
0:31:46 > 0:31:49No. He's getting the school ready.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54- What school?- For us fellas. To teach us the old ways and that.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Probably gonna be stink.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03- You can come on the bus if you want. - I'm waiting for Koro.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- But he's not coming. - I said, I'm waiting!
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- When you're ready... - When everyone's here, I'll be ready.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46They ARE here. Those boys have waited half an hour.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- You tell her you weren't gonna pick her up?- She could've got on the bus.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55You pick her up every day for years and she's just supposed to guess?
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Good. Let's go.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Do the welcome, bub.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Go on.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27What do you think you're doing?
0:33:27 > 0:33:30SHE SINGS IN MAORI
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Pai. You're a girl. Go to the back.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42What did I say?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51What did I say?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Then leave.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Go on!
0:35:19 > 0:35:25For you boys, this will be a sacred school of learning.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30You'll be taught in the old ways, in all the qualities of a chief.
0:35:31 > 0:35:38You will be tested for your strength, your courage, your intelligence
0:35:38 > 0:35:40and your leadership.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48Paikea's canoe sank and he called on the Ancient Ones for strength.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50You're going to learn that chant.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53All of you. Learn it exactly.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57And if you break the chant you will suffer the utu.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06The consequences.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Like what? Someone dying or something?
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Like your dick will drop off.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17So hold on to your dicks.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Henare, hold on to your dick!
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Now...repeat after me.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Ka u.- Ka u.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Ka u.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- Ka u.- Ki uta ra.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40(Ka u ki uta ra.)
0:36:44 > 0:36:47The Taiaha is an instrument of war.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51A tool for fighting.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56If you want to master it, you've got to show it respect.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Hemi! Here.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Pick it up.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Good. Be angry. Anger is part of your battle.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38You gotta learn to control it.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Now take a break, get a drink of water.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51The rest of you, in pairs.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Koro know you're doing that? - I'm not doing anything.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00How come you're hiding round here then?
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Koro's cool, eh?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08He's teaching us to be warriors, man.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11We're gonna be chiefs.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Gonna smack all those other ones.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- You shouldn't have hit Koro like that.- He was all right.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21He was real patient, eh? How come he won't let you do it?
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Girls aren't allowed.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27You could sit up the back. Long as you were quiet. I wouldn't mind.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32You're not even holding it right.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Your hands should be like this. And your feet...
0:38:40 > 0:38:42..like this.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Go back to the school, Hemi.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52I said go!
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I'll deal with you later.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I'm sorry, Paka.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27You gone deaf now? Somebody just apologised to you.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30You don't mess around with sacred things!
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- She was just watching! - She was using a Taiaha!
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Let the girl do it.
0:39:39 > 0:39:45You might be boss out there, but I'm the boss in here. I'll do it.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56You forgot something.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Ae, it's not too bad up here!
0:41:08 > 0:41:12He's got a lot of rules he has to live by.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- It's not fair.- I know.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19But sometimes you've just got to let him think that he's the boss.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- He IS the boss.- Not of me!
0:41:23 > 0:41:26I let him think he is, though.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28What's wrong with me, Nanny?
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Nothing's wrong with you, you hear me?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34You got the blood of Muriwai in your veins, girl!
0:41:34 > 0:41:38Think she'd be proud of you saying things like that?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Anyway, that old Paka's not the only one who knows some tricks.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Eh?
0:41:46 > 0:41:51Well, you wouldn't know it now, but before he got fat and ugly
0:41:51 > 0:41:55your Uncle Rawiri was bit of a hot shot with the Taiaha!
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- True?- Won a trophy and everything.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Oh, you should've seen him.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03He was beautiful.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- What happened?- I don't know. He was the second son.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16But he knows some things, your Uncle Rawiri. Don't you worry about that.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- Is Uncle here?- Out the back.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- Hi.- Damn, girl!
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- What did I tell you about sneaking up on us?- I found this.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56I didn't know you played golf!
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Not golf. Taiaha.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Yeah, well, this guy's playing golf!
0:43:01 > 0:43:05They cut the end off the golf stick, swing it around,
0:43:05 > 0:43:07and push it through there.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15- Hey, shut up! I was good.- Yeah, that's why you're sitting here
0:43:15 > 0:43:19while your father tells a bunch of snotty nosed kids how to be chief.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Poor little bastards, eh?
0:43:23 > 0:43:26- Could you teach me?- Hold up.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29- This was a long time ago.- So?
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Please?
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- Does Koro know about this?- No.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42- Well, let's get it on, then.- Yes!
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- You mean this? - It's a broom, isn't it?
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Morning, Dad.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Hey, there goes that little girl Pai.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Get him, Pai!
0:45:19 > 0:45:23- Go, Pai!- Get him, girl!
0:45:31 > 0:45:35When you extend your tongue...
0:45:35 > 0:45:40you're saying to your enemies... "I'm gonna eat you.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44"Your eyes will roll back.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46"Your head will be stuck on the end of my stick."
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Feel the ihi.
0:45:54 > 0:45:55The power.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00Let them feel the wehi. The fear.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06I want the hairs on the backs of their necks to stand up.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11Take off your shirts.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Kia tere!
0:46:16 > 0:46:20When you slap your chests, I want you to slap them hard.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29Scratch them. Make them bleed.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Timata.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Good, Hemi. Good.
0:47:00 > 0:47:05It's not just your fathers that are watching you today.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07All these ancestors are watching, too.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13This is my dad.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Come to see your boy?
0:47:28 > 0:47:31- Yeah.- Good.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Hemi, you first.
0:47:53 > 0:47:59Ka u ki uta ra Te ika pupu hanui
0:47:59 > 0:48:02A te moana Ko ahau ko te kaieke...
0:48:07 > 0:48:10RAP MUSIC PLAYS
0:48:13 > 0:48:16- Girl, where's that school? - Over there.
0:48:22 > 0:48:28..tangaroa meha!
0:48:39 > 0:48:44- I thought you're gonna stay for the whole thing.- I've seen your bit.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Come and meet my mates.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50This is my boy.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54- Say hello.- Hello.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Better watch out for this one. He did all right in there!
0:48:59 > 0:49:02- See you later.- Tonight?
0:49:03 > 0:49:08- Next couple of days maybe. - CAR ENGINE STARTS
0:49:28 > 0:49:30HE SNIFFS
0:49:38 > 0:49:40Get lost, you.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45- Was that your dad?- Get lost!
0:49:48 > 0:49:52HE CHANTS, TAIAHAS THUD
0:50:15 > 0:50:17What have you done?
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Answer me.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24It wasn't her fault.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Go wash your face!
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Answer me, Pai.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39- Do you know what you've done?- No.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42You've broken the tapu of this school.
0:50:42 > 0:50:48On this marae, the one place where our old ways are upheld.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52The knowledge that's been passed down from your ancestors,
0:50:52 > 0:50:59from my grandfather, to me, to those boys... Kua whati! - it's broken!
0:50:59 > 0:51:01I'm sorry, Paka.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04You're not sorry.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Right from the beginning you knew this wasn't for you,
0:51:11 > 0:51:13but you keep coming back.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16- Do you want me to fail?- No.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18You want these boys to fail?
0:51:20 > 0:51:23What have you got to say to them?
0:51:23 > 0:51:27- I'm sorry.- Say it again!
0:51:27 > 0:51:29- I'm sorry.- SAY IT SO YOU MEAN IT!
0:51:32 > 0:51:37- SAY IT!- I'm sorry.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Want me to put some more hot in?
0:51:52 > 0:51:54No. TAPS RUNS
0:51:54 > 0:52:00- Ow!- You can get sick, sitting in a cold bath.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10- What if he fails, Nanny? - Then he fails.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12But what will happen to him?
0:52:12 > 0:52:17Nothing will happen. Except me thinking about that divorce.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21It's not Koro's fault, Nanny.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25What's not his fault? Sounds like his fault to me.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Not that I'm a girl.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Not you, Hemi.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Rawiri.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22You've all done very well.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26You've shown me that you've got courage, that you're strong,
0:53:26 > 0:53:29and that you can learn.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31But there can only be one.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33So there's one final test.
0:53:35 > 0:53:36A test of your spirit.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41He rei nga niho,
0:53:41 > 0:53:43he paraaoa ngaa kauae.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46If you have the tooth of a whale,
0:53:46 > 0:53:49you must have the whale's jaw to wield it.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04One of you will bring that back to me.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22- Bubba's got a cold and I can't swim. - It's all right, mate.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08- Give it to me.- I almost had it.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04Nanny?
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Come here.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28It's not for long.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03You can put your clothes in there.
0:58:03 > 0:58:07And there's a lamp if you wanna read.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13Rawiri reckons you're pretty brainy, eh?
0:58:17 > 0:58:20Anyway, it's just for a little while.
0:58:34 > 0:58:37HE SINGS LAMENT IN MAORI
0:59:07 > 0:59:11'He was calling to the Ancient Ones, asking them to help him.
0:59:11 > 0:59:14'But they weren't listening.'
0:59:18 > 0:59:21SHE SINGS IN MAORI 'So I tried.
0:59:44 > 0:59:46'And they heard me.'
1:00:54 > 1:00:56Uncle?
1:00:56 > 1:00:59- Is this where Paka lost his reiputa? - His what?
1:00:59 > 1:01:03That thing he wore round his neck. He threw it overboard.
1:01:03 > 1:01:05Crazy old Paka.
1:01:06 > 1:01:07Where?
1:01:07 > 1:01:09Just over there.
1:01:09 > 1:01:12I'll get it.
1:01:24 > 1:01:26'It's quiet down deep.
1:01:27 > 1:01:32'Koro needed quiet - that's what Nanny said.
1:01:34 > 1:01:36'He didn't want to talk anymore.
1:01:39 > 1:01:42'He just wanted to go down and down.'
1:02:01 > 1:02:04She's been gone quite a while, eh?
1:02:05 > 1:02:08Nah. She's sweet.
1:02:44 > 1:02:46For Paka's tea. And I found this.
1:02:57 > 1:03:01- Got this for Dad's tea. - Lovely. Pop it in the sink.
1:03:01 > 1:03:02Pai got it.
1:03:10 > 1:03:13She got this as well.
1:03:23 > 1:03:25You gonna tell him?
1:03:25 > 1:03:29No. He's not ready yet.
1:03:54 > 1:03:56Go on.
1:04:11 > 1:04:14It's for my school concert.
1:04:17 > 1:04:19You're my guest of honour.
1:04:28 > 1:04:31So I'll see you there, Paka.
1:04:53 > 1:04:55Come on! I want to get up the front.
1:05:03 > 1:05:09- Save this one for Paka.- He might be held up, bub.- No, he's coming.
1:05:37 > 1:05:40COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC PLAYS
1:05:45 > 1:05:49# There is a train that leaves tonight
1:05:49 > 1:05:53# Get onboard, now I just might
1:05:53 > 1:05:57# I'm sick of all these dead-end days
1:05:57 > 1:06:01# Take one ticket and be away... #
1:07:11 > 1:07:13THEY SING IN MAORI
1:07:48 > 1:07:50Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
1:07:50 > 1:07:54Now, to finish, we have something very special.
1:07:54 > 1:07:59One of our students has won not only our own school speech contest,
1:07:59 > 1:08:02but the East-Coast-area's, as well.
1:08:02 > 1:08:06Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Miss Paikea Apirana.
1:08:12 > 1:08:14(Did you know about this?
1:08:14 > 1:08:18(She said she had a surprise... for him.)
1:08:21 > 1:08:23E nga rangatira, e nga iwi,
1:08:23 > 1:08:27tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.
1:08:28 > 1:08:33This speech is a token of my deep love and respect for Koro Apirana,
1:08:33 > 1:08:35my grandfather.
1:08:44 > 1:08:47My name is Paikea Apirana...
1:08:47 > 1:08:50SHE SNIFFLES
1:08:58 > 1:09:00Go on, bub.
1:09:08 > 1:09:12And I come from a long line of chiefs stretching way back to Hawaiki
1:09:12 > 1:09:14where our Ancient Ones are.
1:09:14 > 1:09:18The ones that first heard the land crying and sent a man.
1:09:18 > 1:09:20His name was also Paikea.
1:09:22 > 1:09:24And I am the most recent descendant.
1:09:27 > 1:09:30But I was not the leader my grandfather was expecting,
1:09:30 > 1:09:35and by being born, I broke the line back to the Ancient Ones.
1:09:36 > 1:09:39It wasn't anybody's fault. It just happened.
1:10:10 > 1:10:13WHALE BREATHES
1:10:21 > 1:10:24WHALES GROAN WEAKLY
1:10:32 > 1:10:35(No wai te he?)
1:10:49 > 1:10:54But we can learn. And if the knowledge is given to everyone, we can have lots of leaders,
1:10:54 > 1:10:59and soon everyone will be strong, not just the ones that have been chosen.
1:10:59 > 1:11:06Because sometimes, even if you're the leader and you need to be strong... you can get tired.
1:11:11 > 1:11:14Like our ancestor Paikea, when he was lost at sea
1:11:14 > 1:11:17and he couldn't find the land and he probably wanted to die.
1:11:17 > 1:11:20But he knew the Ancient Ones were there for him
1:11:20 > 1:11:24so he called out to them to lift him up and give him strength.
1:11:24 > 1:11:28This is his chant. I dedicate it to my grandfather.
1:11:30 > 1:11:36Ka u ki uta ra Te ika pupu hanui a te moana
1:11:36 > 1:11:40Ko ahau ko te kaiee tohora
1:11:40 > 1:11:42Eke ana ki te tuaranui...
1:11:49 > 1:11:52..O te ika... SHE SNIFFLES
1:11:54 > 1:11:59Ka to te tipua Ka to te tahi toa
1:11:59 > 1:12:02Oi rerehu
1:12:02 > 1:12:05Tangaroa meha.
1:12:05 > 1:12:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:12:21 > 1:12:23- She all right?- She's asleep.
1:12:23 > 1:12:27That old man know she's staying the night?
1:12:27 > 1:12:29If he doesn't like it, he can sleep in the road.
1:12:30 > 1:12:34Might be time for us to leave, eh, dear?
1:12:35 > 1:12:37What is it?
1:12:39 > 1:12:41You'd better come have a look.
1:13:13 > 1:13:15No wai te hi?
1:13:19 > 1:13:22WHALES MOAN
1:13:41 > 1:13:45SHE MOANS AS IF IN BAD DREAM
1:14:05 > 1:14:08'I called them and they came.
1:14:08 > 1:14:11'But it wasn't right.
1:14:14 > 1:14:16'They were dying.'
1:14:48 > 1:14:50Keep it away from the blowhole, bro.
1:14:50 > 1:14:52That's it. Just around the edges.
1:14:56 > 1:14:58You OK?
1:15:27 > 1:15:30- Kua mate.- Ae.
1:15:30 > 1:15:33SHE MOANS SOFTLY
1:15:51 > 1:15:53'Koro knew what it meant.
1:15:53 > 1:15:55'It was Paikea's whale.
1:15:55 > 1:15:59'Sent to us because we were in trouble.'
1:15:59 > 1:16:02KORO CHANTS IN MAORI
1:16:13 > 1:16:16..Ka to te tipua
1:16:16 > 1:16:19Ka to te tahi toa
1:16:19 > 1:16:23Oi rerehu
1:16:23 > 1:16:31Tangaroa meha.
1:16:44 > 1:16:46Dad?
1:16:51 > 1:16:54- We've got to turn it round.- How?
1:16:54 > 1:16:59Get a tractor down here and some ropes. We wait for the tide.
1:17:00 > 1:17:04If we can move it, the others will follow.
1:17:09 > 1:17:14- Get the men.- They're stuffed. Half of them have been up all night.
1:17:17 > 1:17:19They'll do it for you.
1:17:28 > 1:17:31'It was a test.
1:17:31 > 1:17:33'But for Koro this time.'
1:17:39 > 1:17:42Leave it!
1:17:42 > 1:17:44You've done enough.
1:17:53 > 1:17:56Rere ana ko tai karekare
1:17:56 > 1:18:00Ko tai honu Ko tai whakahuka iti ana...
1:18:42 > 1:18:44Now!
1:18:44 > 1:18:47Hiki e! Hiki e!
1:18:49 > 1:18:51Toia ra!
1:18:52 > 1:18:55Toia ra te tipuna,
1:18:55 > 1:18:58toia ra te ariki,
1:18:58 > 1:19:02toia tae ra, i a Tangaroa e!
1:19:02 > 1:19:07ALL: Toia ra Toia ra Toia ra pana e!
1:19:07 > 1:19:09Pana e!
1:19:15 > 1:19:19To pana ra te...
1:19:23 > 1:19:25Kia tae ra!
1:19:38 > 1:19:40'He wanted to die.
1:19:41 > 1:19:45'There wasn't a reason to live any more.'
1:19:47 > 1:19:51It's no use. They're too tired.
1:19:51 > 1:19:54We'll try again later. Let them rest.
1:19:54 > 1:19:57Come on, dear. We'll come back.
1:22:41 > 1:22:43Come on.
1:23:33 > 1:23:35It's gone!
1:23:39 > 1:23:41Where is she?
1:23:44 > 1:23:46Where's my moko?
1:23:50 > 1:23:52Where is she?
1:23:57 > 1:23:59PAI!
1:24:33 > 1:24:36It's OK, Paka.
1:25:01 > 1:25:04'I wasn't scared to die.
1:25:24 > 1:25:27Hurry up! Hurry!
1:25:30 > 1:25:33SHE WAILS
1:25:48 > 1:25:54ALL: Ka to te tipua Ka to te tahi toa
1:25:54 > 1:25:59Oi rerehu...
1:26:10 > 1:26:12Which one?
1:26:14 > 1:26:17What do you mean "which one"?!
1:28:01 > 1:28:04PHONE RINGS
1:28:11 > 1:28:13Yes?
1:28:39 > 1:28:41Thank you, dear.
1:28:46 > 1:28:49I've been praying to God about it.
1:28:49 > 1:28:54If that little one wakes up... I'm gonna give up the smokes.
1:28:54 > 1:28:57She'd like that.
1:29:11 > 1:29:13IN MAORI:
1:30:39 > 1:30:42MEN CHANT
1:31:59 > 1:32:02SHE CHANTS IN MAORI
1:32:10 > 1:32:14THEY CHANT IN TIME TO STROKE
1:32:56 > 1:32:58'My name is Paikea Apirana
1:32:58 > 1:33:03'and I come from a long line of chiefs stretching all the way back to the Whale Rider.
1:33:08 > 1:33:10'I'm not a prophet.
1:33:10 > 1:33:13'But I know that our people will keep going forward.
1:33:13 > 1:33:15'All together.
1:33:15 > 1:33:17'With all of our strength.'
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