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A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi
dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai.
Although disregarded by her grandfather
and shunned by the village people,
twelve year old Pai remains certain of her calling
and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people.

With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge her family
and embraces a thousand years of tradition in order to fulfill her destiny.

One young girl dared to confront the Past,
Change the Present and Determine the Future.

The leader among us … is each and every one of us.

MOVIE TRAILER

CLIP FROM MOVIE

This is the Main Boat with the tiny Red Rubber Zodiac.

I was swimming with the dolphins for about an hour.
There was one other person in the water having their moments with the dolphins too.
The driver of the Zodiac, Mohamed, had picked up the other person
to take her back to the Main Boat, which was moored at the end of this 3km reef called Satayah.

I did not know he left me for I had my head down in the water when he did.
I could not believe it?

Here I was floating in the Sea with nothing around me but water from horizon to horizon
And the depth of the Sea below me.
I was so far away from the Main Boat I could barely see it.

Like a speck. A long way away it was.
To be honest, I got a bit scared.
I began calling out to the dolphins … to please come give me a coordinate,
To give me company, as I felt all alone.
I kept putting my head under the water to try and hear them.
For those that don’t know, you can hear their voices or calls
When you have your head and ears under.
I began to cry for I felt so alone.

In one magickal moment I put my head under the water and heard something.
It was another surreal, internal, knowing presence.
They were coming but did not know where they were?
Of all places they could have been in the vastness of this sea?

And out of the blue, a whole school of dolphins ~ about 100 or more heading straight for me.
A wall of dolphins it was.
Like a swarm they surrounded me and a communication was felt between us
that is so hard to explain in human terms. I knew they heard the calling from my heart.

These are shots of the same area at another time in the shallower waters of Satayah,
as I did not have my camera and will give you a visual of what happened though.

More screen shots from the video I took near the shallows of the reef at Satayah.

I cannot tell you the relief that went through this being in an instant, that I was not alone now.
It was so beautiful.
I began to swim with them towards the reef as I wanted to get into shallower water.
And the driver of the zodiac was just going to have to find me.
Not an easy thing in the middle of the sea to locate someone.
All of a sudden, the pod of dolphins moved on where I could not keep up with them.

I raised my head and could hear the zodiac boat coming back for me.
I took one of my fins off and waved it high in the air so he could see me
And was whistling as loud as I could.
He saw me, finally. It is something he never should have done.
You never leave someone like this all alone.

Having the dolphins come and be with me until the driver came was a very surreal experience.

There are no words for it, it just was.
Thank you to my dolphin friends. You know how much I love you.
All photos copyright pamela-leigh; richards

ALL PHOTOS © pamela leigh richards

(these are “screen shots” of the video/film that is forthcoming)

I was in the Red Sea swimming with around 100 wild dolphins all alone and naked.
Hence the white towels I am wearing after being with them for hours.

The only human with me was the driver of the ‘zodiac’ (motorized rubber boat) who sat and waited.

I said to Mohamed, the driver of the boat:

“It is not ‘I’ that must clothe my body, but you that must clean your mind!
This is FREEDOM. Away I went

It was magical and ever so beautiful!

TALK ABOUT TRUST! This little guy exposed his heart to me because he knew I was not going to hurt him. Enormous trust, in my view, when he did this, for I could have speared him. The love I felt racing through my body for all of life and connecting with these beautiful animals is indescribable. We were one and at peace. Can it be more lovely than this?

Here are ’screen shots’ of the video I have of the beautiful female shark I was with at Elphinstone Reef out in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt. She is an “Oceanic White Tip Shark”. The “screen shot” images are in sequence as to her movement towards me, then under me. She was very calm. You can see a couple of divers below at about 5 metres looking up watching. I was the only one on the surface as a snorkeller. I found out later it is the most dangerous place to be.

They are consciousness too. They just happen to be in bodies with a face that only looks ferocious because we have been programmed and conditioned to ‘believe’ it.

And they too are being mercilessly slaughtered through one means which is called ‘finning’. They are pulled onto the boats, their fins are cut off then they are thrown back into the water still alive and sink to the bottom and die a slow and painful death. All unnecessary and must STOP.

We went out with the worlds expert on shark attacks and sharks by the name of Erich Ritter. Look him up on google and YouTube to watch a documentary being made where a shark took off his left calf only because someone was not doing their job. Not because the shark was intentionally trying to bite him.

Remember, we have nothing to fear but fear itself and it is time to break the trance. I never thought I would think of them as I do now and I was not as frightened as I thought I would be. And you know why? Because I was a bit more educated with information to dispell the myths and coupled with what I ‘know’ pushed me to face this challenge personally.

When I slid in the water, time stood still. I left the world on the surface behind and entered hers. It was incredibly powerful and gentle at the same time. She and I became ONE. I fell in love with her. The connection I felt is indescribable. It was magic. I did not want to leave her. Then she danced for me, which, you will see on the film that is forthcoming.

We can break any spell once we open our eyes and ears to see and hear. The days before are gone, they hold me no more and the time is now … to change the patterns, to change the thoughts, to change everything, to break the habits and unfold a new beginning.

Hope you enjoy these photos. The film of this will be up soon.

This is a picture of myself swimming on the surface taken by a diver below at Elphinstone.
Very tiny indeed however, will give you a perspective of the depth of this place.
It is so dangerous that three French divers died on day three. They were never found.
My heart went out to them and I know that they left doing what they loved
And in a very peaceful way in the sea.