Our Big Blue Backyard
12 Titles
Explore the wonderland of New Zealand's marine reserves, in an epic journey from the far north to the deep south. The series will reveal the daily dramas, challenges and triumphs of the marine animals who live in these neighbourhoods - from iconic Orca, dolphins and sharks through to blue cod, snapper and crayfish and all in between. Our Big Blue Backyard will connect the audience to these creatures, like never before.
- ChannelTV One
- BroadcasterTelevision New Zealand
- Broadcast PlatformTelevision
Latest Titles
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Season 2 , 2 Episode 6Sunday 4 December 2016Final: 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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Season 2 , 2 Episode 5Sunday 27 November 2016Auckland 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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Season 2 , 2 Episode 4Sunday 20 November 2016In 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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Season 2 , 2 Episode 3Sunday 13 November 2016New 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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Season 2 , 2 Episode 2Sunday 6 November 2016Around White Island, common dolphins, Australasian gannets, and local reef residents adapt to survive the scorching, toxic conditions on New Zealand's most active volcano.
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Season 2 , 2 Episode 1Sunday 30 October 2016New Season: The Kermadec Islands are in New Zealand's northern-most waters, and during spring a plankton bloom triggers a carnival of life, from tiny coral polyps to the largest humpback whales.
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Season 1 , 1 Episode 6Sunday 7 December 2014Season Final: Little Blue Penguins run the gauntlet to escape Great White Sharks – but they’re not the only species flirting with death on New Zealand’s famous Stewart Island.
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Season 1 , 1 Episode 5Sunday 30 November 2014On New Zealand’s remote Open Bay Islands, New Zealand fur seals protect their newborns from surging seas, starvation, and predation by Great White Sharks.
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Season 1 , 1 Episode 4Sunday 23 November 2014New 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.
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Season 1 , 1 Episode 3Sunday 16 November 2014New Zealand’s Poor Knights Islands is considered one of the world’s top dive sites and for good reason, with a rich collection of extraordinary characters and bizarre behaviours.
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Programme Name
- Our Big Blue Backyard
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Broadcaster History
- Television New Zealand
- TV One
Description
- Explore the wonderland of New Zealand's marine reserves, in an epic journey from the far north to the deep south. The series will reveal the daily dramas, challenges and triumphs of the marine animals who live in these neighbourhoods - from iconic Orca, dolphins and sharks through to blue cod, snapper and crayfish and all in between. Our Big Blue Backyard will connect the audience to these creatures, like never before.