{"id":2909,"date":"2013-05-01T11:58:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T23:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2013-05-01T11:58:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T23:58:40","slug":"library-new-zealand-bound-travelers-should-watch-whale-rider-before-departing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/library-new-zealand-bound-travelers-should-watch-whale-rider-before-departing\/","title":{"rendered":"Library: New Zealand-bound travelers should watch \u201cWhale Rider\u201d before departing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Robert Smith, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfpackabroad.org\">Wolfpack Abroad<\/a><\/em><em> <\/em><em>marketing intern, writes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anyone traveling to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/programs\/newzealand.php\">New Zealand<\/a> on an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/home\/index.php\">AUIP program<\/a> or interested in the native people known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C4%81ori_culture\">Maori<\/a> should take the time to watch the film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0298228\/\">\u201cWhale Rider.\u201d<\/a> Set in modern day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/programs\/newzealand.php\">New Zealand<\/a>, the film displays some of the beautiful scenery and locations of New Zealand\u2019s North Island, and it has a very interesting and inspiring story that most viewers may enjoy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/whalerider.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image alignright\" id=\"i-2912\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/whalerider.jpg?w=390\" width=\"234\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhale Rider\u201d is a story of a young girl who dreams of one day becoming the leader of her people. The main character is a little girl named Pai, who lives with and is being raised by her loving grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>Pai\u2019s grandfather Koro, the current chief, feels that only a male has that right to take the position of chief. The grandfather gathers a group of young boys from the village to teach them the important lessons that a Maori leader should attain. Pai also takes up the challenge of learning these lessons, despite going against her grandfather\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Written and directed by\u00a0Niki Caro and inspired by a novel by\u00a0Witi Ihimaera, the film takes you through the daily routine that Pai faces, including the hardships she undertakes to prove herself worthy as a leader. Through all her efforts and with help from loved ones along the way, Pai dares to dream and live through and for her people.<\/p>\n<p>Happy viewing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Smith, the Wolfpack Abroad marketing intern, writes: Anyone traveling to New Zealand on an AUIP program or interested in the native people known as the Maori should take the time to watch the film \u201cWhale Rider.\u201d Set in modern day New Zealand, the film displays some of the beautiful scenery and locations of New Zealand\u2019s North Island, and it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","category-new-zealand"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}