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When I made ‘Whale Rider’ – of course, I’m not Maori and have no business, as a white girl, telling people how to be in this movie – I started by learning the language, as best I could.

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The Maori culture is different than our culture where we’re most likely to introduce ourselves by email or fax and we conduct a lot of business in an impersonal way, whereas for Maori, the only way to do it is to make the pilgrimage and sit down face-to-face and have some tea.

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A film like ‘Whale Rider’ is equally truthful, perhaps more so, to the Maori experience; Maori people respond to ‘Whale Rider’ because it’s a world that they understand.

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May 19, 2024

A film like ‘Whale Rider’ is equally truthful, perhaps more so, to the Maori experience; Maori people respond to ‘Whale Rider’ because it’s a world that they understand.

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May 19, 2024

The Maori culture is different than our culture where we’re most likely to introduce ourselves by email or fax and we conduct a lot of business in an impersonal way, whereas for Maori, the only way to do it is to make the pilgrimage and sit down face-to-face and have some tea.

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