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Hidden Places: Ōkārito
Television (Full Length) – 1978
According to government estimates, there are now only 6900 hectares of pure kahikatea left but the rate of logging is increasing. In 1973, 4000m³ of kahikatea were taken from the Coast. In 1977, eight times as much fell.– Narrator Graeme Wilson
Māori believed that when you died, your soul would soar with the white flight of the heron.– Narrator Graeme Wilson
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