Our Big Blue Backyard: Season 2
- Premiered Oct 30, 2016
- 6 episodes
Episodes
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1. The Kermadecs
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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2. White Island
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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3. Chatham Islands
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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4. Fiordland
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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5. Auckland Islands
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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6. Banks Peninsula
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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