Eight - year - old Kahu craves her great - grandfather\'s love and attention.
She should be the next in line for the title, but her great - grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for.
But now there is no male heir - there\'s only kahu.
In every generation since the Whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief.
But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Maori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - a tribe that claims descent from the legendary \'Whale rider\'.
Eight - year - old Kahu craves her great - grandfather\'s love and attention