Discover why ‘The Devil’s Sea’ off the south coast of Japan is so extraordinarily deadly and decide for yourself if this stretch of water could be the Bermuda Triangle of the Pacific.
New Zealand is home to a variety of remarkable plants and animals; among them species like the Tuatara and Weta, the Kauri and the Kiwi.
The magic of package-free groceries.
Making New Zealand a little more real to New Zealanders, using virtual reality.
Crayfish, Lobster or Langouste whatever the name, it is among the most sought after animals in the sea, but surprisingly little is known of the life of crayfish on the reef.
For millions of years New Zealand was a paradise - a lush green land that was home to many ancient plants and animals. But a thousand years ago the first invaders arrived, and the face of the country was changed forever. As wave after wave of invaders swept through the country the innocent natives came increasingly under siege. Today, battles against the invaders are being fought on all fronts, in a desperate attempt to save what is left of paradise.
Eagle rays bask in the warm, clear shallows of Parengarenga, one of the best preserved harbour systems in New Zealand.
Penguins are found as far north as the Galapagos Islands and as far south as the frozen heart of Antarctica. Discover how this unusual bird adapts and copes with predators and the incursions of humans.
A techno-tale of courage, tragedy, brilliance and the hard, hard work of massive machines and determined people on one of the world’s toughest construction projects.
Promiscuous, incestuous and homosexual, our native swamp hen is a rather remarkable bird. At Western Springs Wetlands, deep in Auckland’s western suburbs, two families of pukeko carry on their very communal lifestyle in an entirely natural way – despite pressures from other birds, and hand-outs of stale bread and buns.
A clumsy albatross.
A permaculture haven in a farm desert.
At over 60 years of age, “Grandma” a Northern Royal Albatross, is the oldest banded bird in the world – and incredibly, she is still breeding.
Enter the bizarre world of daredevil performers who blast themselves out of giant cannons for a living.
Alone in the Pacific, halfway to Tonga, sit the Kermadec Islands. This remote archipelago is New Zealand’s northernmost frontier and our toehold on the tropics. Everything that lives on and around these young islands has travelled far to be here and a unique mix of creatures thrive in its warm waters. As a marine community the Kermadec is unrivalled in New Zealand waters.
Paradise Drowned follows Tuvalu’s plight against the sea. Does this small Pacific nation have a future?
In the cold, steep world of the fiords, tannins block out sunlight to the world below. The fiords are cold and inhospitable in winter, when they receive little light and freeze over at their extremes. In this unforgiving world there are no second chances
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