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Primeval New Zealand
A place where wild meets weird – and nothing is quite what it seems. Presenter Peter Elliott unravels the ancient...
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Predator or Prey
Life in the ocean is a constant battle to eat but not get eaten, to find a mate, to pass...
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Islands of Life
Pacific Islands range from coral atolls and smoking volcanoes to pieces of a lost continent. Discover the wildest stories of...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Summer’s End
At the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, Dr Lisa needs to urgently assess a pair of unwell kākāpō, and Lizzie must convince...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Malaria Storm
At Dunedin’s new Wildlife Hospital, the team have been thrown a curve ball! Some yellow-eyed penguins have tested positive for...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Purple Rage
It’s mid-summer in Dunedin, and the city’s wildlife rescuers are in a flap. Eight newly-hatched kākāpō chicks have landed at...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Penguin Tsunami
Its early summer in southern New Zealand, and the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital has been inundated with wave after wave of...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Year One
The new Dunedin Wildlife Hospital provides a second chance for injured native animals. Every day, Dr Lisa Argilla and her...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Predator Battleground
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Land of Giants and Pygmies
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Wild Mutants
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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Panda Nursery
Witness an amazing partnership between humans and pandas as together they raise two tiny twin cubs in an effort to...
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Songs of the Sea
A song for the Noises
Sue Neureuter grew up visiting the Noises Islands which have been in her family since the 1930s. Having witnessed the...
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Our Big Blue Backyard Season 2
Fiordland
In the cold, steep world of the fiords, tannins block out sunlight to the world below. The fiords are cold...
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Our Big Blue Backyard Season 2
White Island
In the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand’s most active volcano fills the sky with plumes of white cloud. Sterile and...
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Our Big Blue Backyard
Poor Knights Islands
New Zealand’s Poor Knights Islands is considered one of the world’s top dive sites and for good reason, with a...
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Reefs of Riches
A mysterious and beautiful life form, the Pacific’s coral reefs are challenging the very definition of what makes a species....
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Paradox of the Andes
Ecuador’s Andes are mountains of paradox, where tropical species live alongside ice age relics in an unpredictable alpine desert....
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X Force
X Force explores the science behind the adrenalin rush of extreme disciplines. We experience the thrill with the leading exponents of extreme sports: feeling the…
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World's Weirdest
An examination of some of the unusual strategies that animals have developed to survive, as scientists attempt to understand why these bizarre behaviours were developed.
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World's Biggest Baddest Bugs
Beware, some of the nastiest, most dangerous bugs might be lurking in our homes and yards But fear not, the Bugman is here… He will…
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Wonders of the Ocean
The Pacific is the largest, deepest ocean on our planet. It encompasses the most extreme range of environments nature has to offer, from deep ocean…
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
At the bottom of New Zealand is a hospital like no other. The patients have paws, claws and feathers, but this isn’t a veterinary clinic…
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Wild South
The award-winning Wild South documentaries began filming in 1978 and quickly became a memorable feature of television programming about Aotearoa’s natural world. The slot’s initial…
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Wild Bloopers
In four decades of natural history filmmaking, NHNZ camera operators captured some doozies.
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Wild Asia
The Wild Asia series is set in the tropics of Asia, exploring the lush landscapes of the forests to the arid deserts and the amazing…
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Wild About New Zealand
From the heights of Mt Cook to the misty “shadowlands” of Fiordland and the spectacular Hauraki Marine Park, Wild About NZ™ explores the magic found…
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Wild 24
Each episode of this nature documentary show purports to show 24 hours of one wild location among many from around the world.
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Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales is a series presented the true story behind modernity’s tallest stories. And as we shall find out, truth is almost always stranger than…
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The Most Extreme
The world is full of amazing animals, so how would you choose the best of the best? The Most Extreme is a fun look at…
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Primeval New Zealand
A place where wild meets weird – and nothing is quite what it seems. Presenter Peter Elliott unravels the ancient...
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Wonders of the Ocean
Predator or Prey
Life in the ocean is a constant battle to eat but not get eaten, to find a mate, to pass...
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Wonders of the Ocean
Islands of Life
Pacific Islands range from coral atolls and smoking volcanoes to pieces of a lost continent. Discover the wildest stories of...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Summer’s End
At the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, Dr Lisa needs to urgently assess a pair of unwell kākāpō, and Lizzie must convince...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Malaria Storm
At Dunedin’s new Wildlife Hospital, the team have been thrown a curve ball! Some yellow-eyed penguins have tested positive for...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Purple Rage
It’s mid-summer in Dunedin, and the city’s wildlife rescuers are in a flap. Eight newly-hatched kākāpō chicks have landed at...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Penguin Tsunami
Its early summer in southern New Zealand, and the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital has been inundated with wave after wave of...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Year One
The new Dunedin Wildlife Hospital provides a second chance for injured native animals. Every day, Dr Lisa Argilla and her...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Predator Battleground
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Land of Giants and Pygmies
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Wild Mutants
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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Panda Nursery
Witness an amazing partnership between humans and pandas as together they raise two tiny twin cubs in an effort to...
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Better Ancestors
A year of change, a world of difference
In 2021, Better Ancestors produced 50 stories profiling people and organisations doing their bit to find solutions to some of...
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Better Ancestors
The secret life of kororā
The Ngā Mōtū Marine Reserve Society was set up in 1997 to support a network of small marine reserves on...
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Better Ancestors
Blowing minds to save our oceans
After Sir Peter Blake’s death, The Blake Trust was set up to continue his work educating people about the state...
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Better Ancestors
Bringing regeneration home
Untangled Landscapes started off working with domestic jungles, transforming them into well-manicured ornamental spaces. None of what they did was...
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Better Ancestors
Counting carbon
Dave Lowe’s journey with the atmosphere began in 1970 as a 23-year-old physics graduate, where he made the first measurements...
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Better Ancestors
How to restore a wetland
What was once a mess of mud after being chomped and stomped by cattle is now teeming with tūī after...
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Better Ancestors
The avian election
Forest & Bird’s annual campaign to give a voice to New Zealand’s native birds* has grown from a small-scale promotion...
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Better Ancestors
Greening the concrete jungle
In California, the Sutro Stewards blend conservation, recreation and the concept of stewardship in an intense urban environment. By mobilising...
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Better Ancestors
Tears of the albatross
The Toroa or Royal Albatross is the world’s largest flying bird – and an endangered species native to New Zealand....
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Better Ancestors
Using the power of nature to improve farming
The health of the soil plays a crucial role in water quality, food quality and carbon sequestration but the pressures...
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Better Ancestors
Understanding Antarctica
Whether it’s climate change, microfibres in the ocean, or loss of biodiversity, the impacts of human activity are also being...
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Better Ancestors
A better way to build
Robin Curtis of Health Based Building and John Dronfield of Forever Beech believe it is possible to harvest from a...
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Megastructures
Megastructures: Singapore’s Vegas
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands is one of the world’s most complicated construction projects....
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Man Made Marvels
Man Made Marvels: China Highway
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Megastructures
Megastructures: Shanghai Super Tower
What do you get if you take sixty thousand tons of steel, 260,000 cubic meters of concrete, 2000 dedicated Chinese...
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Megastructures
Megastructures: China’s Ultimate Port
Over the centuries China has produced some of the world’s greatest engineering feats from The Great Wall to The Forbidden...
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Man Made Marvels
Man Made Marvels: The World’s Highest Railway
Faced with the perils of permafrost and the threat of earthquakes a team of engineers race to build a railway...
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Better Ancestors
A year of change, a world of difference
In 2021, Better Ancestors produced 50 stories profiling people and organisations doing their bit to find solutions to some of...
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Better Ancestors
The secret life of kororā
The Ngā Mōtū Marine Reserve Society was set up in 1997 to support a network of small marine reserves on...
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Better Ancestors
Blowing minds to save our oceans
After Sir Peter Blake’s death, The Blake Trust was set up to continue his work educating people about the state...
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Better Ancestors
Bringing regeneration home
Untangled Landscapes started off working with domestic jungles, transforming them into well-manicured ornamental spaces. None of what they did was...
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Better Ancestors
Counting carbon
Dave Lowe’s journey with the atmosphere began in 1970 as a 23-year-old physics graduate, where he made the first measurements...
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Better Ancestors
How to restore a wetland
What was once a mess of mud after being chomped and stomped by cattle is now teeming with tūī after...
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Better Ancestors
The avian election
Forest & Bird’s annual campaign to give a voice to New Zealand’s native birds* has grown from a small-scale promotion...
History
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Songs of the Sea
A song for the crayfish
Pioneer divers Keith and Ailsa Lewis reflect on a lifetime of exploration in the Hauraki Gulf, the abundance of crayfish...
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Songs of the Sea
A song for Pakiri
Laly Haddon and daughter Olivia grew up on the pearly sands of their turangawaewae at Pakiri, and have witnessed radical...
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How the Silk Road Made the World
Revolutions
Episode Three: Revolutions tells the stories of the objects and events generated by the Silk Road that helped to inspire...
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How the Silk Road Made the World
Light From Darkness
Light From Darkness explores how deathly disease and new life alike travelled along the Silk Road to change the world....
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How the Silk Road Made the World
War
War explores how the Silk Road influenced conflict, from cavalry warfare to gunpowder. The series opens 2000 years ago, when...
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The Curse of the Elephant Man
Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, was the most shockingly disfigured person in history. This compelling detective story uses forensic and...
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Treasure and Death—Secrets of a Moche Tomb
As archaeologists uncover ancient Peruvian tombs they piece together the mysterious lives and savage deaths of one of America’s most...
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Hong Kong Garrison – The Making of a Soldier
Through the eyes of two new recruits, we go behind the lines of the People’s Liberation Army in China to...
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Kill or Cure
Pregnancy
Pregnancy and childbirth make up an area of medicine that has suffered greatly from social, medical, religious and historical whims...
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My Favourite Monkey
Find out why macaques have become the world’s most successful monkey, and how they play a part in human cultures...
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Turning Back Time
The story of the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu—one of only a few isolated places on Earth where many people...
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The Aleutians
Cradle of the Storms (Part Two)
The Aleutians: Cradle of the Storms, is a two part series that tells the absorbing story of an island chain...
Living World
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Primeval New Zealand
A place where wild meets weird – and nothing is quite what it seems. Presenter Peter Elliott unravels the ancient...
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Wonders of the Ocean
Predator or Prey
Life in the ocean is a constant battle to eat but not get eaten, to find a mate, to pass...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Summer’s End
At the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, Dr Lisa needs to urgently assess a pair of unwell kākāpō, and Lizzie must convince...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Malaria Storm
At Dunedin’s new Wildlife Hospital, the team have been thrown a curve ball! Some yellow-eyed penguins have tested positive for...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Purple Rage
It’s mid-summer in Dunedin, and the city’s wildlife rescuers are in a flap. Eight newly-hatched kākāpō chicks have landed at...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Penguin Tsunami
Its early summer in southern New Zealand, and the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital has been inundated with wave after wave of...
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Wildlife Rescue New Zealand
Year One
The new Dunedin Wildlife Hospital provides a second chance for injured native animals. Every day, Dr Lisa Argilla and her...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Predator Battleground
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Land of Giants and Pygmies
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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South America's Weirdest Animals
Wild Mutants
South America’s Weirdest Animals is a 3-part series about South America’s wildest, weirdest and the most diverse animal life –...
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Panda Nursery
Witness an amazing partnership between humans and pandas as together they raise two tiny twin cubs in an effort to...
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Aerial Assassins
Extreme birder James Currie sets out to find the sky wolves of Arizona, the Harris Hawk – in the depths...
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