Whale rider Flashcards
Koro’s reaction to Kahu being a girl
‘A girl… I will have nothing to do with her’
Kahu’s naming
‘the baby could be named Kahu after Kahutia Te Rangi’
birth cord
‘your birth cord is here. no matter where you may go, you will always return.’
language nests
’ a regular instruction period for the men so that we would be able to learn our history and customs’
issues facing the Maori survival
‘many serious issues facing the survival of the Maori people’
Koro and Kahu relationship
‘the only difference was she loved him and he didn’t love her’
Koro as a leader
‘Maori man of steel’
Kahu talking to whales
‘Kahu had begun making eerie sounds in her throat’
language nests 2
‘all of us felt the need to understand more about our roots’
environmental issues
‘cracks in the ocean floor… indicating serious damage’
Kahu’s Maori culture
‘I was top of my class this year. And I’m leader of the culture group. I love singing the Maori songs’
Kahu going to university
‘I want to go to university… Koro says it’s a waste of time for a girl’
whales living
‘if the whale lives, we live’
ancient whale
‘this whale came from the past’
Women
‘it’s time for the women to act the men’
Kahu as the whale rider
‘She was the whale rider. She was Paikea’
Koro changes his mind about Kahu
‘you’re the best grandchild in the whole wide world. Boy or girl, it doesn’t matter’
relationship between man and nature in the past
‘man had power over the creatures of land and sea’
harmony of nature and humans
‘all could live in helpful partnership’
communication with whales
‘man might talk with the beasts and creatures of the sea’
