Our Big Blue Backyard

Season 2

2016 · 6 episodes · 4h 30m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Kermadecs

   30 Oct 2016 · 45 min

   The Kermadec Islands are in New Zealand's northern-most waters, and during a spring plankton bloom triggers a carnival of life, from tiny coral polyps to the largest humpback whales.

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   2. White Island

   6 Nov 2016 · 45 min

   Around White Island, common dolphins, Australasian gannets and local reef residents adapt to survive the toxin conditions on New Zealand's most active volcano.

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   3. Chatham Islands

   13 Nov 2016 · 45 min

   New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands attract roaming predators from all over the South Pacific - but the resident blue cod and brown skuas might just be the most ferocious of all.

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   4. Fiordland

   20 Nov 2016 · 45 min

   In the wettest corner of New Zealand, where alien ocean creatures flourish under a freshwater layer, crested penguins struggle to raise their chicks in the midst of a harsh Fiordland winter.

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   5. Auckland Islands

   27 Nov 2016 · 45 min

   Every summer, massive congregations of New Zealand sea lions and giant spider crabs descend upon the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands to carry out their violent breeding rituals.

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   6. Banks Peninsula

   4 Dec 2016 · 45 min

   In Banks Peninsula's bays, tiny penguins, Hector's dolphins, and wetland birds experience a dramatic spring and summer as the epic migration of an ancient longfin eel concludes.