It is the whale rider girl, that was a great movie by the way. Not an exceptional movie, but it was a great snapshot of a very different type of lifestyle in the new zealand (?)part of the world.
I remember she was at the Oscars and she told the host that she watned to meet Johnny Depp and was so embarassed when she did before the show..
Once Were Warriors is also a great movie about the travails of Maori life in NZ.
Ed