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This award-winning film looks at the strange and ethereal world of New Zealand's limestone areas. The rocks and caves reveal ancient whale fossils, moa hunter art and evolutionary one-offs (such as giant carnivorous snails) that live in a limestone world. It goes into the darkness to find glow-worms, cave weta, albino crayfish and skeletons of moa who met their death falling down tomos. In underground cathedrals exquisite formations formed by the alchemy of water and limestone are captured. Includes footage of Waitomo Caves and Te Waikoropupu Springs.
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Television, 1987 (Full Length)
A series presented by Peter Hayden
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
David Bellamy explores natural NZ; features giant snails and moa
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
A doco on New Zealand’s Southern Alps, directed by Michael Single
1991 International Film & TV Festival of New York
Silver Medal in Nature and Wildlife category
1992 International Science & Technology Film and Video Festival
Gold Award in Natural Science category
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010 & 2011
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2012
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