Whale Rider Quotes

Whale Rider is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . Whale Rider ended in 1970.

It features John Barnett as producer, Lisa Gerrard in charge of musical score, and Leon Narbey as head of cinematography.

Whale Rider is recorded in English and originally aired in New Zealand. Each episode of Whale Rider is 101 minutes long. Whale Rider is distributed by Pandora Film (Germany).

The cast includes: Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea, Rawiri Paratene as Koro, Vicky Haughton as Nanny Flowers, Mabel Wharekawa as Maka, and Cliff Curtis as Porourangi.

Whale Rider Quotes

Vicky Haughton as Nanny Flowers

• (Vicky Haughton) "Silly old Paka. You say the word, and I'll get a divorce, bub. You just say the word."

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "Maori women have got to stop smoking. We've got to protect our childbearing properties."
• (Mabel Wharekawa) "You'd have to be smoking in a pretty funny place to wreck your childbearing properties."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs stretching all the way back to the whale rider. I'm not a prophet, but I know that our people will keep going forward, all together, with all of our strength."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "They were waiting for their new leader -- but he died."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "It's not Koro's fault, that I'm a girl."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "A long time ago, my ancestor Paikea came to this place on the back of a whale. Since then, in every generation of my family, the first born son has carried his name and become the leader of our tribe -- until now."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "Why doesn't he want me?"
• (Cliff Curtis) "He's just looking for something that doesn't exist anymore."
• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "A new leader? They exist."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "I wasn't scared to die."

• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "In the old days, the land felt a great emptiness. It was waiting. Waiting to be filled up. Waiting for someone to love it. Waiting for a leader."
• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "And he came on the back of a whale. A man to lead a new people. Our ancestor, Paikea. But now we were waiting for the firstborn of the new generation, for the descendant of the whale rider. For the boy who would be chief."
• (Keisha Castle-Hughes) "There was no gladness when I was born. My twin brother died, and took our mother with him."

Rawiri Paratene as Koro

• (Rawiri Paratene) "When she was born, that's when things went wrong for us."

• (Rawiri Paratene) "If you have the tooth of a whale, you must have the jaw of a whale to yield it."

• (Rawiri Paratene) "Wise leader, forgive me. I am only a fledgling new to flight."

• (Rawiri Paratene) "When you extend your tongues, you're saying to your enemies: I'm gonna eat you."

Cliff Curtis as Porourangi

• (Cliff Curtis) "Her name is Paikea."
• (Rawiri Paratene) "No, not that name."

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