Our Big Blue Backyard

Season 2

6 episodes · Oct 30, 2016

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  • S2E1

    The Kermadecs

    Oct 30, 201645m

    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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  • S2E2

    White Island

    Nov 6, 201645m

    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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  • S2E3

    Chatham Islands

    Nov 13, 201645m

    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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  • S2E4

    Fiordland

    Nov 20, 201645m

    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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  • S2E5

    Auckland Islands

    Nov 27, 201645m

    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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  • S2E6

    Banks Peninsula

    Dec 4, 201645m

    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.

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