Tala shows Moana a secret cavern full of ships, revealing her ancestors were voyagers but stopped after Te Fiti’s heart was stolen due to the ocean no longer being safe. She further explains Te Kā is causing the blight and she must seek Maui and the heart to stop it. Three years after restoring the heart, Moana has started to go on her own adventures and gained a little sister named Simea. However, on her latest excursion, she finds a clay jar, with the help of Heihei, proving that there are people out there. She takes her little sister to that cave where Tala showed Moana their history and tells Simea about Tautai Vasa. Moana agrees to go through a ceremony with her father to be named a legendary wayfinder like her ancestor Tautai Vasa.

• While most of the children are left terrified, one girl, Moana (Louise Bush), is captivated by the tale.
• A thousand years later, the ocean chooses Moana, the daughter of Motunui’s chief Tui, to return the heart to Te Fiti.
• Once the ban on sea travel had been lifted, Moana was accompanied by Pua as she started and led a new generation of wayfinders.
• Moana persuades him to do otherwise when she claims such an act will help Maui regain a positive reputation amongst mortals.
• Tala, on the other hand, was very affectionate with Moana, trying to encourage her granddaughter to not only accept her responsibilities as future chief, but her love for the ocean and sailing.
• Together the crew face Nalo with the humans distracting Nalo so that Maui can raise the island.
• She reveals she has Maui and had him here to assure her and Moana would reunite, before sending them to where they have to go.

His chant is answered by Tautai Vasa, Grandma Tala, and the rest of Moana’s ancestors. Together, they manage to rekindle Moana, while also granting her a wayfinder’s tattoo and turning her into a demigoddess, with her oar becoming her magical object like Maui’s giant fishhook. Maui is also given his demigod powers and tattoos back, including Mini Maui, and together, they are able to raise Motufetu. Moana realizes Maui is no longer a hero since he stole the heart and cursed the world, and convinces him to redeem himself by returning the heart. However, Maui first needs to retrieve his fishhook in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, from Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab.
They confront Te Kā, who Moana manages to outsmart in order to make it past Te Fiti’s barrier islands. Moana is thrown off her boat and is nearly killed by the lava demon until Maui suddently returns. Having had a change of heart, he is determined to defend Moana, despite the damaged state of his fishhook. Maui distracts Te Kā while the ocean helps Moana to Te Fiti’s now molten shores. Looking out into the distance, she notices a glowing spiral on Te Kā’s chest and realizes that the lava demon is Te Fiti.

• It’s actually a mollusk, and you find this on all the Pacific Islands; it’s something they use quite a bit.
• As Maui escapes on his vessel, he faces off against Te Ka, a monstrous entity of lava and fire that rises from the depths like a vengeful volcano.
• Finding a deserted island to beach the raft on and regroup, it is there that Moana finds the remains of Tautai Vasa’s raft, indicating that he and those with him were killed by Nalo before they could reach Motufetu.
• After Moana was comforted and motivated by her grandmother’s spirit to continue her journey, Moana was still accompanied by Heihei as she resumed her quest.
• Te Fiti, an island goddess, created all life and became an island after falling into deep slumber.

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Believing she’s failed as a sailor, Moana declares that she is not fit for the sea and wishes to place her stone on the mountain. She tells this to Gramma Tala, who responds by showing Moana a hidden cave created by their ancestors long ago. Moana learns that she’s drawn to the sea because her ancestors were voyagers. When asked why their voyaging stopped, Tala explains that it was Maui’s doing, referring to his crime of stealing Te Fiti’s heart, which filled the seas with monsters and demons. Tala reveals that she was there the day the ocean chose Moana and Moana gave her the heart of Te Fiti, and still has it in her possession.

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As Moana breaks down in tears, she is visited by Gramma Tala’s spirit, who comforts and apologizes to her granddaughter for placing so much pressure on her. Tala encourages Moana to return home if she wishes to, promising to remain by her side on the journey back. Moana prepares herself to sail home, but finds that she cannot bring herself to actually do so. Moana realizes that the love she holds for her people and the sea is what brought her this far. It is what ultimately defines who she is, and explains why she’s the one capable of saving the world.

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Moana then saw Tala reveal that Te Kā’s curse has now reached Motunui and was shocked to hear Tala also reveal she had been chosen by the Ocean to save all of Polynesia from Te Kā’s curse as she was given the Heart of Te Fiti. Later, Moana and her mother stand by Tala’s deathbed where they both heartbroken over her death. Then, when Moana decides to fulfill Tala’s dying wish by leaving Motunui to restore the Heart of Te Fiti, she is caught by her mother while preparing to leave but becomes happy when her mother reveals she supports her decision. As she journeys to save her people, Moana worries of her mother’s well-being where she has a nightmare of witnessing both her parents being affected by Te Kā’s curse.

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When they approach Motufetu’s location, Nalo unleashes his storm on them, with Maui being forced to double-back to take out some of the tornadoes going for Moana and her crew. However, Moana tells him to go for the island while they try to divert Nalo’s attention since he is after them due to his hatred of humanity. This lively intelligent girl wants to do what’s right for her people, but she also needs to find out what’s right for her. It fell to number six in its fifth weekend, due to competition from four new releases—Sing, Passengers, Why Him? Together, they stand on the brink of a daring voyage that will test bravery, ingenuity, and the strength of cultural heritage.

Te Fiti, the mother island, is revered for its powerful heart that creates life and sustains the environment. The decay of Te Fiti symbolizes a disruption in this harmony, affecting the surrounding islands. Gramma Tala is Moana’s wise and supportive grandmother, a guiding spirit in her life. She encourages Moana to embrace her true self and follow her inner voice, representing the traditions and spiritual guidance of their ancestors. Through her teachings, Moana learns the significance of their voyaging heritage. Maui, the demigod, seizes Te Fiti’s heart, a small green gemstone, using his magical fish hook.

Moana is devastated and loses faith in herself, but Maui manages to inspire her. Together the crew face Nalo with the humans distracting Nalo so that Maui can raise the island. The plan goes astray so Moana dives in and successfully touches the sunken island, breaking the curse. Maui and the ancestors (including her grandmother) revive Moana and turn her into a demigoddess herself. Unknown to her, Nalo has captured Matangi and is planning his revenge against Moana, with Tamatoa offering to aid him on it.
Just then, Moana is acquainted with the ocean, which reveals itself to have a mind of its own. Having witnessed her unselfish kindheartedness with the baby sea turtle, the ocean chooses her to receive the heart of Te Fiti, but when Tui arrives and takes her back to the village, Moana inadvertently leaves the heart at the shore. The story also dives into the myth of Maui, the demigod, whose reckless theft of Te Fiti’s heart set these chaos in motion. Maui’s desire for acceptance and his feelings of inadequacy motivated his actions, and throughout the film, he seeks validation from others. His redemption is symbolized by his role in helping Moana restore the heart, ultimately showing that even flawed characters can find their way back to goodness through humility and growth. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” reunites Moana (voice of Auli‘i Cravalho) and Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson) three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.
As she picks up a glowing stone from the shore, her father calls for her, and the ocean playfully returns her to the beach on a driftwood piece, albeit without the stone. Her mother, Sina (Nicole Scherzinger), assures her that she is destined for greatness as the future chief. The franchise consists of two animated films, Moana (2016) and its sequel Moana 2 (2024), as well as a live-action remake adaptation of the 2016 film, scheduled to be released on July 10, 2026. Immediately after Heihei eats the heart during an encounter with little pygmy pirates known as Kakamora, the Kakamora steal Heihei forcing Moana to retrieve it, after Maui learns of her inability to sail when they try to escape.