From acclaimed documentary filmmakers NHNZ comes the complete series of Our Big Blue Backyard as seen on TV One.

Northland HARBOURS

Only in New Zealand do orca families cooperatively and ingeniously hunt rays. This episode reveals the unique behaviour of a majestic predator and its equally charismatic prey, the Stingrays and Eagle rays.

Goat Island

The creatures of New Zealand’s oldest marine reserve are safe from humans, but that doesn’t mean life is easy. They are under constant attack from marauding dolphins, diving cormorants, and the sharks and marlin that live beyond the boundaries of the reserve.

Poor Knights Islands

New Zealand’s Poor Knights Islands are considered one of the world’s top dive sites and for good reason, with a rich collection of extraordinary characters and bizarre behaviours, including a unique congregation of Stingrays and sex-changing Sandagers Wrasse.

Kaikoura

New Zealand’s Kaikoura Peninsula is home to the world’s most acrobatic dolphin species, some of New Zealand’s most robust young fur seals and an unconventional group of Red-Billed Gull families who defend their chicks from dangers both within and outside the colony.

Open Bay Islands

On New Zealand’s remote Open Bay Islands, New Zealand Fur Seals protect their newborns from surging seas, starvation and predation by Great White Sharks. In this episode we witness the dangers facing one young pup, starting with her treacherous birth.

Stewart Island

Stewart Island, New Zealand’s third largest and southern-most island, is a place of dramatic beauty and unpredictability. Here, the Little Blue Penguin, standing at just 30cm and weighing only 1 kg is a swift swimmer and determined parent. The Pot-bellied Seahorse father has extra responsibilities, the Octopus is both hunter and hunted, and 82 Great White Sharks need to eat too.

DURATION - Six one-hour episodes - 264 min FORMAT - PAL