"In Maori mythology, we see ourselves as the younger brother of the whale, so the connection is very special," Whale Watch Kaikoura Chairman Thomas Kahu said to CNN. Marino Ballena National Park ...

A contemporary coming-of-ager about a fiery 12-year-old Maori girl (Keisha Castle-Hughes) and her bid for the hyper-masculine tribal throne, Whale Rider is full of apposite Disney pluck ...