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Heartland - Chatham Islands

1993 46m Television
  • Documentary
  • Popular Factual
  • Travel

Gary McCormick travels to the furthest corner of New Zealand to hang out with fishermen, farmers, and ghosts. McCormick reads the weather report for the local radio station (the forecast is more rain), explores the vibrant nightlife, endures a ministerial speech at the opening of a new wharf facility, and goes hunting at night for a local delicacy: weka. He also explores the mournful history of the Chathams indigenous peoples; the Moriori. This instalment of the series is notable for some especially beautiful location photography by Swami Hansa.