A 24 hour journey through primeval forests and rugged coastline, home to a strange collection of animals; flightless birds, predatory parrots and the demon grasshopper....
From the tropical vitality of coral reefs, to the frigid bounty of the Antarctic, the South Seas cover more than one sixth of the entire globe. The diversity of life here is matched only by its mystery....
Wild Antarctica takes us on a one year journey through the seasons in Antarctica, witnessing life on ice, from the southern continent’s giant whales and predatory seals through to the eternally cute Adelie penguins and the majestic Emperor penguins....
On the greatest mountain range on Earth – the Himalayas – a secretive cats hunt on nearly sheer slopes and tigers battle for supremacy. Every day is a battle, from the barren peaks of the mountains to the bursting fertility of the meadows far below....
A 24 journey through tropical corals and temperate kelp gardens; where octopuses, otters, deadly sea snakes and strange iguanas battle for survival....
A battle for survival on the ancient isles of the East Indies – a land where dragons still roam and big apes hold sway over jungles where the rarest big cats hunt. Battles of epic proportions are won and lost every single day in this evolutionary melting pot....
In Alaska bears, whales, salmon, orca, walruses and beavers are racing the seasons, trying to make the most of the brief summer. They need to spend every day preparing because any misstep will be punished tenfold when the icy darkness returns....
In 24 hours on the mythic Nile river. Hippos, crocodiles, lions, wolves, mole rats and lungfish play out the eternal struggle to survive. As the river flows the backdrop changes, from mountain to rainforest, from swamp to desert....
Life in the fabled Rocky Mountains turns hard as winter chases fall out of the mountain valleys. This is the season of the rut when big animals fight for mating rights, but the fight turns bitter as the temperature drops and the cold sweeps in....
Through sand and heat we travel, where kangaroos, elephants, cheetahs and meerkats struggle for survival against an unstoppable killer: the environment itself....
The kingdom of cats; where cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, lions and servals out-hunt and out-compete the rest of the animals to hold their place at the top of the food chain....
At the top end of Australia there are only two seasons. Wet and dry. The time of year when one season becomes the next is a time of renewal, birth and also death....
A 24 hour journey through the wilderness of the Indian subcontinent, where tigers, lions and leopards hunt cheek by jowl with wild dogs, watched from above by an amazing array of primates....
The blast of the harpoon may have given way to the click of the camera, but whales are still the cornerstone of commerce—and the subject of many a decorative mural—in the north Canterbury town of Kaikoura. In little more than a decade, marine ecotourism has transformed a coastal backwater into an international travel hotspot....
Whanganui is Aotearoa’s third-longest river. It begins on Mount Tongariro and flows 290 kilometres to the Tasman Sea, joined by thousands of small tributaries along the way. Whanganui iwi have long sought legal recognition of their relationship with the river. They petitioned Parliament in the 1870s for protection of their awa. From the 1880s, the […]...
Did you ever get a new Fitbit? Did you then spend the next few weeks compulsively checking your wrist, seeing how ‘good’ you’d been that day? Did you take the dog for an extra walk at 10pm just to watch the device tick over 10,000 steps, and go to bed basking in the glow of […]...
Fabric rationing during World War II meant that scores of brides wore dresses that were far from the extravagant wedding garments they may have dreamed of unless they had a parachute. Carol Gifford from Taranaki was presented with a silk chute brought home by her groom, returned serviceman Owen Thomas, who had been posted in […]...
ICE. At one extreme, it is the humble cube which puts the clink in your drink on a hot summer’s afternoon. At the other, it is a major cog in the engine which drives the world’s weather. Furthermore, its behaviour over the ages may have played a pivotal role in human evolution. At the heart […]...
The Paparoa Track, set to open in September 2019, is the first new Great Walk in 25 years, and the first built for shared use between walkers and cyclists. Traversing the coal-rich hills between Blackball and Punakaiki, it will pay its respects to the 29 men who lost their lives in the Pike River Mine....
