Activity 2: After a morning of learning about beached whales in Golden Bay, you and your group are driven to a nearby town, Nelson, to watch a special movie called ‘Whale rider.’ It is a famous movie about a young girl who was born and raised in New Zealand. Watch the following movie trailers for Whale Rider: Whale Rider trailer #1 and Whale Rider Trailer #2 and then write a summary of the movie on your blog. What is it about? Be sure to also give the movie a rating out of 5 based on the trailer [1 = bad movie, 2 = okay movie, 3 = pretty good, 4 = good movie, 5 = excellent movie].
When ‘Whale Rider’ finishes, you and your tour group enjoy a delicious meal in downtown Nelson before heading back to your hotel. You need to go to bed early because you have to get up at 4:30 a.m. the next morning to travel back to Farewell Spit to see a group (pod) of Hector’s Dolphins. It is going to be an early morning!
My rating for this movie is a 5 π rating!
The movie is about a girl and her genealogy/family! Paikea was born with her twin brother, but was stillborn, but surprisingly she survived. In her family, all males are considered to be chiefs, but Paikea wants to be be one, despite what her Grandfather Koro believes (he believes that all chiefs should be males), which means entirely she wouldn't be able to acquire that leadership. Koro's beliefs had started from one of Paikea's descendant, known as the Whale Rider, for riding on top of a whale from a certain distance. Paikea begs for that leadership, in which she is determined to get but she still needs to convince her Grandfather, Koro!
