Questions for Maori movie

Questions for movie

1.    Write down what Pai and Koro have in common

2.    Why can’t Koro accept that Pai has what it takes to be a leader?

3.    What is most important to Koro?

4.    What is important to be a Maori leader?

5.    How many times during the movie, does Pai show that she has leader abilities and is the right leader for the Maori society?

6.    How is Koro’s relationship to his two sons?

7.    Why does Pai’s father leave?

8.    Why does Pai’s uncle stop practising the Maori martial art?

9.    Give a characteristic of the two sons

10.    Do boys and girls have same rights in the Maori society? How is it in the Danish society?

11.    What does Paikea’s speech mean? What does it mean to be strong?
-    Write a short speech about how important it is to feel that you belong, and know your own/family’s story

12.    What do the whales mean to the Maori society? What does it mean, that they “want” to die on the beach?

13.    The last scene where the boat sails out, what does it mean? How can we interpret the scene?