Characters
Setting
Motif
Sound
General Knowledge
100

NAME three characters from the film

Paikea, Koro, Nanny, Rawiri, Hemi, Shilo, Miss Parata

100

What country is the film set in? 

Aotearoa/New Zealand

100

Identify a motif in the film.

Rei Puta (Whale Tooth)

Taiaha (Fighting Stick)

Tohoro (Whale)/ Whale Song

Song or Chant

Walking stick 

100

Identify a diegetic sound in the film. 

Any valid diegetic sound

100

Who is the President of the USA

Joe Biden

200

Who is the protagonist of the film? 

Paikea

200

What is the significance of the ocean setting? 

Symbolises the connection to the tohora and their ancestry. 

200

How is weather used symbolically? 

Rain reflects sadness and hardship. 

200

Identify a non-diegetic sound in the film. 

Any valid non-diegetic sound in the film. 

200

What are the 7 colours of the rainbow? 

Red, orange, yellow, blue, violet, indigo 

300

Why does Koro resent Paikea? 

She's a girl/She survived when her twin brother died. 

300

Where is the opening scene of the film set? 

The hospital during the birth of the twins. 

300

How is Paikea's connection to her ancestor Paikea  symbolised? 

Through the whale song. 

300

Identify a symbolic sound in the film and outline its symbolism. 

Any valid symbolic sound. 

300
What is the longest river in the world? 

Nile 

400

Where does Paikea's father live and what does he do for work? 

Germany, artist. 

400

What setting is Pai excluded from in the film?

The cultural school Koro sets up.

OR

The boat trip to win the Rei Puta (whale tooth).

400

What is the symbolic meaning behind Paikea beating Hemi in the taiaha fight? 

She has beaten the future leader selected by Koro therefore the rightful future leader. 
400

Who is the narrator of the film? 

Paikea

400
What is the Maori word for grandfather? 

koro 

500

Who is Paikea named after? 

The mythical Paikea who travelled to 

Aotearoa on a whale (tohora)

500
Where is the climax of the film set? 

The beach. 

500

What is the significance of the waka (boat) her father was building? 

Built for his son, the next leader, finished for her daughter, the next leader. 

500

What is the symbolism of the Tohora call. 

Paikea's connection to her ancestry and culture/ Rightful place as the future leader. 

500

Who was the first headmaster of Trinity Grammar School 

Kenneth Henderson 

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