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Journeys in National Parks: Westland / Aoraki

Television (Full Length) – 1987

In this episode of the Journeys series, Peter Hayden travels west to east across two national parks and some of New Zealand's most sublime landscapes: from giant, ancient kahikatea forest to hotpools and creaking glaciers. Reflections by ecologist Geoff Park (author of Ngā Uruora) on the coast-to-mountains forest, and the exploits of early surveyor Charlie 'Explorer' Douglas are woven through Hayden's journey, ending with Hayden's personal highlight of the series: climbing Hochstetter Dome with the legendary mountaineer (and Edmund Hillary mentor) Harry Ayres.  

Key Cast & Crew

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Mike Single

Director

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Neil Harraway

Producer

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Liam Ryan

Composer

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Peter Hayden

Presenter, Writer

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Libby Danks

Editor

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Errol Samuelson

Sound

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