Whale Rider The “Whale Rider”‚ filmed in New Zealand and directed by Niki Caro‚ is a film based on the novel of the same name‚ by Witi Ihimaera. Many of the extras in the film were actual residents of the town Whangara. The film is about a girl‚ Paikea Apirana‚ played by Keisha Castle-Hughes in her debut role‚ who battles to gain her grandfather’s respect‚ and to become the chief of the tribe. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first son‚ however Pai’s twin brother had died at
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Energy conservation is a very important part of energy planning and its management. It not only saves energy resources for future‚ avoids wasteful utilisation of energy‚ provides solution to energy crisis and ensures higher per capita availability/ consumption but controls environmental degradation and pollution. New strategy emphasies greater reliance on non-exhaustible and non-conventional sources of energy so as to conserve exhaustible conventional resources like coal‚ petroleum‚ natural gas
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Checkpoint: Conserve and Preserve Tania Torres After make a research about the meaning of terms preservation and conservation I found a lots of debates to the respect. After my research I can define conservation like the wise use of the natural resources maintaining the sustainability of them for future generations. The term preservation can be define as do not use the natural resources and maintain them as natural as possible. In other words avoid the human interference with the natural resources
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chosen is "How relationships can influence our view on the world" which helps reflect this. This can be found throughout the novels‚ The Fault in our Stars by John Green‚ My Life of Crime by Fleur Beale and Animal Farm by Gorge Orwell‚ and the film The Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro. In the novel The Fault in our Stars‚ the main character‚ Hazel Grace‚ is determined to isolate herself from the rest of the world‚ as she believes that when she dies‚ all she will do is hurt those close to her. This is
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IV Protected Area). Among these‚ the 28 Tiger Reserves are governed byProject Tiger‚ and are of special significance in the conservation of the tiger. Some wildlife sanctuaries are specifically named Bird Sanctuary‚ eg. Keoladeo National Park before attained National Park status. Many National Parks were initially Wildlife Sanctuaries. Wildlife sanctuaries of national importance to conservation‚ usually due to some flagship faunal species‚ are named National Wildlife Sanctuary‚ like National Chambal (Gharial)
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Energy audit An energy audit is an inspection‚ survey and analysis of energy flows in a building‚ process or system with the objective of understanding the energy dynamics of the system under study. Typically an energy audit is conducted to seek opportunities to reduce the amount of energy input into the system without negatively affecting the output(s). When the object of study is an occupied building then reducing energy consumption while maintaining or improving human comfort‚ health and safety
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The Whale Rider Chapter Questions Chapters 1-6 1. Chapter 1 begins in myth‚ and myths explain what was once unexplainable to a people. What does the myth of the whale rider explain to the Maori people? 2. Chapter 2 gives us the point of view of the whales. The bull whale remembers his master‚ the "golden man." Do you think that the whale is as old as the myth‚ or do you think that the whale draws on the collective memory of his culture? Or‚ do you have another idea? Give your
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Why do whales need blowholes? We see that whales need blowholes yet we are never told why they need them or what they are for. Don’t you ever wonder if the reason they have it is because they need all the water that they have consumed out of their bodies? Or if they need the blowhole to breathe. I hypnotizes that whales have blowholes in their backs to be able to breathe properly‚ and they have to have the blowhole in the back because they are not capable of breathing thru their mouths.
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too many whale-watching boats by CBC in 2018‚ and in the poem The Famous Tay Whale written in 1883 by McGonagall‚ the human-animal relationship has progressed‚ showing that people understand the importance of protecting the whales. Despite the progression‚ in both articles‚ people still all treated whales as tourist attractions to make money which also shows that people still do not have enough appreciation for these whales. In The Famous Tay Whale‚ the speaker describes the whale as an ugly
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I do not think whales should be in captivity because whales are way too big to be in takes at seaworld the whales can’t even move around in the tank‚ imagine you are living in the entire ocean and then you just get pulled out and get put in a tank where you can’t even move. I think that they just want a bigger crowd because it means they would get more money. Whales should not be in captivity because the tanks are way to small‚ Trainers don’t not feed the whale enough‚ and people don’t have the best
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