Whale Rider Page #2

- Kia ora.

- Thought she'd appreciate seeing the show.

- No problem.

This is some of my work

from my last exhibition in germany.

Start again, from the beginning.

She wants to see all of it.

All right.

Yeah, like i was saying,

uh... oh, sorry.

Who's that, bro?

Anna. It's a woman

i've been seeing.

Actually, she's pregnant.

We're expecting a child.

Why didn't you tell me?

Congratulations, bro.

You always get the good-looking ones.

Where is she?

Why don't you bring her?

Uh, she lives in germany, mum. You know.

She wanted to have the child at home.

- But you'll bring her back here.

- Yeah, of course.

Well, um, bit of a visit

when baby gets big.

Rawiri, take miss Parata back to town.

Come with me, Pai.

When were you gonna tell me?

The day you left?

I've been trying to tell you

since i got here.

Look, dad. It's not forever.

It's just it's anna's first child, you know?

Her work's there,

her family.

Family?

Yeah, i can't expect her to move

to the other side of the world.

Don't you use that girl as an excuse.

You can't wait to get away. I see it in you.

You never stay, because it hurts you

to see what's happening to us.

Yeah, it does.

You still walk away from it.

Leave that waka of yours out there to rot.

I'm not here shoveling sh*t,

but, dad, i'm doing my share.

Did you even see my work?

Did you... did you even look at it?

You call it work.

It's not work. It's souvenirs.

Those young men you turn your back on...

they've got something to learn from you.

You've got something to offer.

Don't you turn away!

Yeah, you've got

the privileges...

but you forget you've

also got the obligations!

Look at me, dad, for once in your life.

Go on.

Ah, you don't even

know who i am.

I know who you're meant to be,

who you were born to be.

Oh, yeah, right.

But i failed ya, eh, dad?

Yeah, because why?

I had a daughter?

Well, i'm probably gonna have another daughter.

And you know what?

I'm not gonna let you treat

another child of mine like that.

Then take her with you! You don't like the job

i'm doing, take her! Go on! Take her!

- Stop it!

- She's no use to me.

Pai?

No, leave her.

I'll get her. Pai!

You all right?

Gotta watch that koro sometimes.

Big mouth of his gets away on him, eh?

He didn't mean it...

about me.

Well...

you know, maybe

we should think about it.

Think about what?

You coming to live with me

for a while.

What do ya think?

Why doesn't he want me?

Oh, Pai, it's not you.

It's not even about you, in a way.

Koro is just... he's just looking for something

that doesn't exist anymore.

A new leader?

They exist.

Yeah, they do,

except i think...

it's become

even more than that.

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