In the second season of Our Big Blue Backyard we venture further afield to the Kermadec Islands, 1000 kilometres north east of northland; the active volcano White Island; the Chatham Islands; Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula; Fiordland; and one of New Zealand’s Sub Antarctic island groups – the Auckland Islands.

Each of the six episodes features a coastal “neighbourhood” and the charismatic and varied inhabitants living out their daily dramas alongside each other as they interact in their unique locations. The behaviour of giant marine mammals, dolphins, penguins, sharks, numerous fish species and seabirds in such close proximity will connect New Zealanders to our oceans, like never before.