Paikea:
Why doesn't he want me?

Porourangi:
He's just looking for something that doesn't exist anymore.

Paikea:
A new leader? They exist.

Paikea:
It's not Koro's fault, that I'm a girl.

Porourangi:
Her name is Paikea.

Koro:
No, not that name.

Paikea:
My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs.

Koro:
When she was born, that's when things went wrong for us.

Paikea:
A long time ago, my ancestor Paikea came to this place on the back of a whale. Since then, in every generation of my family, the first born son has carried his name and become the leader of our tribe... until now.

Koro:
Wise leader, forgive me. I am only a fledgling new to flight.

Paikea:
They were waiting for their new leader... but he died.

Paikea:
My Koro wished in his heart that I'd never been born. But he changed his mind.