Name: Our Big Blue Backyard
Uploaded: 2025-01-28T21:44:22.000Z
Description: Exploring New Zealand's marine reserves during a journey from the north to the deep south.

Exploring New Zealand's marine reserves during a journey from the north to the deep south.

Off the Fence - Aggregated

Setting sail for New Zealand's Otago Peninsula, a breeding refuge for endangered seabirds and marine mammals; watching as sea lions, albatrosses, red-billed gulls, white-fronted terns and fairy prions find mates, then nurture the next generation.

Muaūpoko /Otago Peninsula

Uncovering a land of opposites atop New Zealand's South Island, where one of the world's longest sandbars attracts bar-tailed godwits and hungry pilot whales, and drowned river valleys provide a buffet for dusky dolphins and New Zealand fur seals.

Top of the South/ Te Tau Ihu

Taking a deep dive into the teeming waters of the Hauraki Gulf, near Auckland, New Zealand, and exploring a true paradise for ocean creatures; a glimpse of a stealthy manta ray, enjoy dolphin antics and admiring a kaleidoscope of tropical fish.

Te Moananui a Toi/ The Hauraki Gulf

The Three Kings Islands, a remote archipelago north of New Zealand; a pod of bottlenose dolphins, short-tailed stingrays on a hunt, and a gang of predatory orcas arrives on the scene.

Manawatāwhi/ Three Kings islands

Traveling to the Cook Islands, the destination of choice for 3,000 humpback whales ready to mate and raise their young; witnessing giant clams and green turtles thriving in the islands' massive coral reef; a glimpse into the evolutionary past.

Our Big Blue Backyard

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