"The Giants of the seas"

Whale Watching | Kaikoura | New Zealand | 1998

According to legend, Paikea came to New Zealand from the Pacific Islands on the back of a whale many centuries ago. His descendants include the Kati Kuri people of Kaikoura. Paikea was the youngest and favourite son of the chief Uenuku from the island of Mangaia in the present day Cook Islands.