The film based on Witi Ihimaera's 1987 novel The Whale Rider  was a huge international success. But what does reading the novel offer that the film doesn't? Join Claire Lacey on a  meander through The Whale Rider via family, humour, ecology, and language.

Notes:
The Taringa Podcast is a conversational approach to learning about te ao Māori: https://www.taringapodcast.com

Witi Ihimaera answers questions about The Whale Rider for the World Book Club: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mn5ln

Witi Ihimaera in conversation about Indigenous Storytelling and his memoir Māori Boy: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/witi-ihimaera-and-ali-cobby-eckermann-on-the-power-of-indigenous-storytelling-1.4474374

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