Heartland - Waimarino

In this full-length episode, Heartland visits the heart of the North Island: the Waimarino district at the foot of Mount Ruapehu. Host Gary McCormick hits town in time for the yearly Waimarino Easter Hunt. In Ohakune he talks to a policeman about a strange case of streaking near the town's famously oversized carrot, visits an equally overized collection of salt and pepper shakers, then sets off on an early morning pig hunt. Vegetarians be warned: many expired members of the animal kingdom make guest appearances. 

These children, they’ll probably grow up and live here, just as their parents before them have done too, and you have to learn to live with the land and what’s on the land.

– Baldie Haitana

Key Cast & Crew

William Grieve

Producer

Bruce Morrison

Director

Gary McCormick

Presenter

Stephen McCurdy

Composer of Theme Music

Nic Finlayson

Additional Photography

Keith Ballantyne

Additional Composer