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Tohora with Paikea, the Whale Rider

Tohora with Paikea, the Whale Rider

Tohora (Maori name for southern right whales and humpback whales) is the great whale that saved legendary hero Paikea, famously known as the Whale Rider, from drowning and carried him to land. This led to the creation of New Zealand.