Wild South - Volume Three

The award-winning,international filmmakers NHNZ have enthralled millions of viewers for more than three decades with their documentaries. In collaboration with TVNZ, they now make the following highly-acclaimed 'Wild South' programmes available on DVD for the very first time.

i. COLONY Z (1986) :-
For 18 years behavioural scientist Lance Richdale studied the rare Yellow-Eyed Penguins on the Otago Peninsula. Colony Z tells the tale of his two favourite penguins Z12 & 115 and documents their unusual lifestyle.

ii. EATING LIKE A GANNET (1986) :-
Each spring more gannets than ever are arriving at colonies around New Zealand to reproduceand ravage inshore fish stocks. This film gives us a fascinating insight into these golden-headedfishermen at a time when other fisher folk are struggling to hold their own.

iii. SONG OF PROTEST (1986) :-
In times past, kokako and other wattlebirds shared the native bush. Despite the massive destruction of New Zealand's ancient forest the kokako survives and its distinctive call may yet herald its renaissance.

iv. SOUTHERN HARBOUR (1986) :-
Harbours are familiar places but there is a side we don't see. Take a closer look at the harbour'sinhabitants and learn how they cope with changes both natural and man-made.

v. SWAN LAKE (1986) :-
What happens when the white swan of enchantment meets the black swan of dark mythology?On the waters of Lake Ellesmere the aristocratic whites meet their black cousins, and the outcome is not as told in fairytales.

All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital Mono - Colour - 118 Minutes - PAL