Novel+Study

The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

My thoughts so far...

I don’t like Paka because he doesn’t want his granddaughter and I think that is mean. Kahu loves her Paka and always wants to be around him but he doesn’t want her there. He keeps her away from the Whare where the men only are learning language and Kaupapa of the tribe. He growls at her when he finds her listening outside the door. Paka is also looking in the village to find someone to be the future leader because Kahu is a girl. He didn’t even agree that she should have the name Kahu because it is the name of their great ancestor.