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In this five part series presenter Peter Hayden travels through some of New Zealand’s most awe inspiring landscapes. The series was made to coincide with the centennial of the establishment of NZ’s first national park (and the fourth worldwide), Tongariro. Hayden traverses the famous crossing with priest Max Mariu, volcanologist Jim Cole, park ranger Russell Montgomery, and the young Tumu Te Heu Heu. It was the first time Tumu, now paramount chief of Ngāti Tuwharetoa, had been up the maunga; the power of his experience is clear and moving.

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Series Perspective by Catherine Bisley 13.08.2009

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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Credits (8)

 Neil Harraway
 Peter Hayden
 Swami Hansa

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