Peter Hayden
Peter Hayden’s long storytelling career spans fact, fiction, feather and fur. Hayden has worked extensively behind the scenes on a run of nature documentaries, made for company NHNZ. His acting career includes roles in classic goldmining drama Illustrious Energy and Maurice Gee series The Fire-Raiser. In 2017 Hayden was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film and television.
I'm curious, and that's what drives me as a naturalist, as an actor and as a human being. Peter Hayden in The NZ Herald, 5 May 2013
Peter Hayden: Nature man...
Interview, 2010
Hillary
2016, As: Captain Maro - Television
800 Words
2015 - 2018, As: Roger , As: Roger - Television
800 Words - First Episode
2015, As: Roger - Television
The Brokenwood Mysteries
2016, As: Pete - Television
Exhuming Adams
2005, Narrator - Television
40 Years of Country Calendar
2005, Reporter - Television
Ice Worlds - Life at the Edge
2002, Script Supervisor - Television
Ghosts of Gondwana
2001, Writer - Television
Country Calendar - Spoofs Special
1999, Reporter, Director - Musical Fence - Television
Single on Ice
1999, Executive Producer, Narrator - Television
The Lost Whales
1997, Script Supervisor - Television
A Whale Out My Window
1996, Writer - Television
A Consuming Passion - An Unofficial History of the America's Cup
1995, Writer - Television
Cover Story
1995 - 1996, Actor - Television
Mount Cook - Footsteps to the Sky
1994, Narrator, Writer - Television
Solid Water Liquid Rock
1993, Writer - Television
Stanley - ASB Bank
1992, As: Presenter - Television
Young Mountains
1992, Writer - Television
Dream-Makers
1992, As: Creative Guru - Short Film
Masters of Inner Space
1992, Narrator - Television
Castles of the Underworld
1991, Narrator - Television
Wildtrack - Mount Cook National Park
1991, Producer, Presenter - Television
Visual Symphonies - Otago
1991, Subject - Television
Bidibidi - First Episode
1990, Voices of paradise ducks et al - Television
Mirrorworld
1990, Narrator - Television
Moa's Ark : Building the Ark
1990, Producer, Director - Television
Moa's Ark : Invaders of the Last Ark
1990, Producer, Director - Television
Moa's Ark : Stamp of the Giants
1990, Producer, Director - Television
Moa's Ark : To the Lifeboats
1990, Producer, Director - Television
The Black Robin - A Chatham Island Story
1989, Narrator - Television
Illustrious Energy
1988, As: Reverend Don - Film
Journeys in National Parks
1987, Presenter, Presenter - Television
Journeys in National Parks: Fiordland
1987, Writer, Presenter - Television
Journeys in National Parks: Hauraki Gulf
1987, Presenter, Writer - Television
Journeys in National Parks: Te Urewera
1987, Writer, Presenter - Television
Journeys in National Parks: Tongariro te Maunga
1987, Writer, Presenter - Television
Journeys in National Parks: Westland / Aoraki
1987, Presenter, Writer - Television
The Fire-Raiser - Kitty Plays the Piano (Episode Three)
1986, As: Clippy Hedges - Television
Arriving Tuesday
1986, As: Nick - Film
Footrot Flats - The Dog's Tale
1986, As: Irish Murphy, As: Cooch - Film
The Fire-Raiser
1986, As: Clippy Hedges - Television
The Fire-Raiser (TV movie)
1986, As: Clippy Hedges - Television
Journeys Across Latitude 45 South (part four) - Atawhenua Shadowland
1985, Presenter, Writer - Television
Journeys Across Latitude 45 South (part one) - Changes
1985, Director, Presenter, Writer - Television
Journeys Across Latitude 45 South (part three) - Old Gold New Gold
1985, Writer - Television
Journeys Across Latitude 45 South (part two) - A Little Continental
1985, Writer, Presenter - Television
Shaker Run
1985, As: Michael Connoly - Film
The Garlick Thrust
1983, As: Driver - Television
The Robin's Return
1982, Producer, Narrator - Television
Kākāpō - Night Parrot
1982, Writer, Narrator - Television
Wildtrack
1981 - 1991, Presenter - Television
Wild South
1981 - 1997, Director, Producer, Narrator, Writer - Television
Island of Strange Noises
1981, Writer, Narrator - Television
Pictures
1981, As: Algy - Film
Project Takahē
1981, Writer, Narrator - Television
Seven Black Robins
1981, Writer, Narrator - Television
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980, As: Graham Hewson - Film
The Les Deverett Variety Hour - Episode
1978, As: Various roles - Television
The Les Deverett Variety Hour
1978, As: Various roles - Television
The Governor 5 - The Lame Seagull (Episode Five)
1977, As: Major Edward Gorton - Television
Telethon
1975 - 1993, Presenter - Television