TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ihimaera, Witi,
TI  - The whale rider
SN  - 9781776950669
U1  - NZ823.2 23
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Aotearoa New Zealand
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Pakiwaitara
KW  - reo
KW  - New Zealand fiction
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Novel
N2  - "Kahu feels destined to become the leader of her tribe in the East Coast village of Whangara. But her grandfather, Koro Apirana, refuses to accept that a girl could take over from him as chief. When a pod of whales is beached, Kahu has to act if she is to save them and her people"--Publisher information
ER  -