Iconic natural history programme produced by TVNZ’s Natural History Film Unit which later became NHNZ.
Series One
A five-part series about wildlife at the southern extremities of the globe, which introduces many rare, unusual and little-known species.
Producer MICHAEL STEDMAN
Director NEIL HARROWAY
TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND
1) Project Takahe
This giant flightless rail was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in the South Island in 1948. Now there are only 200 surviving in one rugged and remote mountain range of and they are threatened by harsh weather conditions and poor food. Fiordland
2) Island of Strange Noises
Antipodes Island is the breeding ground of many strange species which emit a weird cacophony of even, stranger noises: the braying of raucous penguins, the chattering of parakeets, the bellowing of elephant seals- and at night, the chuckling and cooing of burrowing petrels.
3) Seven Black Robins:
world's rarest bird, the tiny Possibly the Chatham Islands Black Robin displays the melanism which characterises species long isolated from any fear of predators. This film shows the desperate struggle of the New Zealand Wildlife Service to transplant them from their patch of dying forest to a safer and more hospitable environment. For there are just seven Black Robins.
4) Living Together:
The wild citizens of Dunedin Peninsula have to share a coast-line with man. For the fur seals, albatrosses, penguins, wading birds, and shags, co-existence is on man's terms. This programme examines the delicate balance of animal and man.
5) Wrybill Bird With a Bent:
The Wrybill plover is unique in being the only bird in the world with a sideways curved bill. This programme studies the life cycle of the Wrybill and examines his two envi-ronments. (Final)
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