Royalty income is usually the real profit center for a franchisor because of the leveraging ability. For example, imagine a franchise company owns 100 franchised outlets, and each outlet does $30,000 in monthly sales and pays a 5% royalty to the franchise company. That means $1,500 is paid by each franchisee, resulting in $150,000 paid to the franchisor each month (or 100 outlets x $1,500).
Whangara, setting of Whale Rider (film & novel), is located on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Whitireia = the Maori meeting house built at Whangara in 1939. Pai names Whitireia in her Paikea chant in the Whale Rider film.
Â· Rachel House (Whale Rider, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) lends her voice to Gramma Tala, Moanaâs confidante and best friend, who shares her granddaughterâs special connection to the ocean. Although her son Tui, the chief of Motunui, is a no-nonsense leader, Gramma Tala most definitely dances to the beat of her own drum.