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Blu-ray ; DTS-HD 5.1 ; stereo ; region A.;English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.;Title from container.;Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis.;A Newmarket Films release ; South Pacific Pictures, ApolloMedia, Pandora Film ; in association with the New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air ; director of photography, Leon Narbey ; editor, David Coulson ; music, Lisa Gerrard ; produced by Tim Sanders, John Barnett, and Frank Hubner ; written and directed by Niki Caro.;Based on the book by Witi Ihimaera.;Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002.;Includes special features. Twelve-year-old Pai, rejected by her grandfather who is disappointed that he has no male heir to carry on the family's leadership of their Maori tribe, sets out to prove to him and the people of her village that she is a tribal leader in the tradition of her ancestor, who legend claims rode on the back of a whale to lead their people to New Zealand.