Our Big Blue Backyard
Our Big Blue Backyard

Our Big Blue Backyard

2014 2 Seasons 12 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Documentary

Our Big Blue Backyard travels from Northland to Stewart Island, exploring six very special marine environments and features the colourful and varied inhabitants as they interact in their unique locations. From the giant to the tiny and the acrobatic to the rock scrapers, the range and behaviours of these species in such close proximity is fascinating. There is plenty of action in these aquatic communities as the lives of these close neighbours weave together to reveal entertaining animal dramas. It’s predator versus prey as surfing orcas travel the golden harbours of Northland; quality time with the big old snapper and crayfish of Goat Island; drama in the egg nurseries of the stunning Poor Knights Islands; a day out with the athletic Dusky Dolphins of Kaikoura; a fur-seal summer off New Zealand’s wild west coast and great white shark versus little blue penguins in the southern oasis of Stewart Island From acclaimed documentary filmmakers NHNZ comes the latest blue-chip series Our Big Blue Backyard, as seen on TV One

Our Big Blue Backyard travels from Northland to Stewart Island, exploring six very special marine environments and features the colourful and varied inhabitants as they interact in their unique locations. From the giant to the tiny and the acrobatic to the rock scrapers, the range and behaviours of these species in such close proximity is fascinating. There is plenty of action in these aquatic communities as the lives of these close neighbours weave together to reveal entertaining animal dramas. It’s predator versus prey as surfing orcas travel the golden harbours of Northland; quality time with the big old snapper and crayfish of Goat Island; drama in the egg nurseries of the stunning Poor Knights Islands; a day out with the athletic Dusky Dolphins of Kaikoura; a fur-seal summer off New Zealand’s wild west coast and great white shark versus little blue penguins in the southern oasis of Stewart Island From acclaimed documentary filmmakers NHNZ comes the latest blue-chip series Our Big Blue Backyard, as seen on TV One

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Northland

As the tide rises in New Zealand's Northland Harbours, Stingrays and Eagle rays swim in to feast on shellfish. But they

EP 2

Goat Island

Just north of New Zealand's biggest city, tens of thousands of fish school meters from the beach in one of the world's f

EP 3

Poor Knights Islands

The East Auckland current warms the waters around the world-renowned Poor Knights Islands, creating an astonishing envir

EP 4

Kaikoura

Kaikoura shows the playful and perilous side of this neighborhood -- from rock pools to deep in the underwater canyon, t

EP 5

Open Bay Islands

It's summer on New Zealand's Open Bay Islands, and the local population swells. Wily octopus, foraging crayfish and dart

EP 6

Stewart Island

Stewart Island, New Zealand's third largest and southernmost island, is a place of dramatic beauty and unpredictability.

EP 1

The Kermadecs

The Kermadec Islands are in New Zealand's northern-most waters, and during a spring plankton bloom triggers a carnival o

EP 2

White Island

Around White Island, common dolphins, Australasian gannets and local reef residents adapt to survive the toxin condition

EP 3

Chatham Islands

New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands attract roaming predators from all over the South Pacific - but the resident blue c

EP 4

Fiordland

In the wettest corner of New Zealand, where alien ocean creatures flourish under a freshwater layer, crested penguins st

EP 5

Auckland Islands

Every summer, massive congregations of New Zealand sea lions and giant spider crabs descend upon the sub-Antarctic Auckl

EP 6

Banks Peninsula

In Banks Peninsula's bays, tiny penguins, Hector's dolphins, and wetland birds experience a dramatic spring and summer a

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