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May 1, 2003 · The Whale Rider. Paperback – May 1, 2003. Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since Kahutia, a male heir has inherited the title of chief.
- 1992
- Witi Tame Ihimaera
The Whale Rider has been a worldwide bestseller, and is the most-translated work by a New Zealand author. In 1995 it was translated into Māori by Tīmoti Kāretu, as Te kaieke tohorā. In 2006 a picture book version illustrated by Bruce Potter was listed as one of the Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable Books List.
- New Zealand
- Jay Laga'aia
- Bruce Potter
- Witi Ihimaera
Jan 1, 1987 · The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera is a young adult novel that tells the story of eight-year-old Kahu, a female descendent of Kahutia Te Rangi, the whale rider. Kahu is a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand. Her great grandfather, Koro Apirana, is the elderly chief.
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- Witi Ihimaera
Jan 1, 2005 · The Whale Rider. Hardcover – January 1, 2005. by Ihimaera (Author) 4.6 905 ratings. See all formats and editions. A mystical story of Maori culture The birth of a daughter, Kahu, breaks the lineage of a Maori tribe. Rejected by her grandfather, Kahu develops the ability to communicate with whales, echoing those of the ancient Whale Rider ...
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- $22.33
- Ihimaera
- Heinemann
The Whale Rider. Witi Ihimaera. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003 - Juvenile Fiction - 152 pages. Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since Kahutia, a ...
- reprint
- Witi Ihimaera
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003
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Jul 28, 2003 · Written in 1987, THE WHALE RIDER is a deceptively short book. Only 120 pages long, it's a richly layered story dealing with several major social issues: family relationships, gender discrimination, generational differences, racial prejudice, loss of the cultural identity of indigenous tribes, ecological conservationism and modern man's disconnection from his spiritual self.
- Witi Ihimaera
Tangi won the Wattie Book of the Year award in 1974, The Matriarch in 1986, and Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies in 1995. His other titles include The Dream Swimmer, Pounamu, Pounamu, Whanau, The New Net Goes Fishing, The Whale Rider, and in 2020 he published Navigating the Stars: Maori Creation Myths.
