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The first of four parts of this full length episode of Journeys in National Parks.
The second of four parts of this full length episode of Journeys in National Parks.
The third of four parts of this full length episode of Journeys in National Parks.
The fourth of four parts of this full length episode of Journeys in National Parks.
The credits from this episode.
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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Acknowledgements
Co-produced by Television New Zealand and the National Parks Centenary Commission, in association with the Bank of New Zealand
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More Information
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Aoraki-Mount Cook National Park on the Department of Conservation website
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Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the Department of Conservation website
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Memories of late author Geoff Park, Environmental History website, December 2009
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Dictionary of New Zealand Biography profile of mountaineer Harry Ayres
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