In this episode of the Journeys series, presenter Peter Hayden looks at the primeval, remote wilderness of Fiordland National Park. We learn of how the god Tu-te-raki-whanoa crafted the fiords out of sheer cliffs with his adze "so the sea might run in and there'd be quiet places for people to live". On hardy boats and along the Milford Track, Hayden traces the "memory trails" of the few who have braved here: Māori pounamu collectors, sealers, cray fishermen, early naturalists Georg and Johann Forster, and pioneering conservationist Richard Henry.
A stand of Kahikatea sway and creak, their tall buttressed trunks stretching up to the sky. Westland National Park, explains the late Geoff Park (Nga Uruora) in the episode on the park, retains what New Zealand has lost elsewhere – ...
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Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another episode in the Journeys in National Parks series
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another episode in the Journeys in National Parks series
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another episode in the Journeys in National Parks series
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another episode in the Journeys in National Parks series
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