Our Big Blue Backyard - Kaikōura

This episode of nature documentary series Our Big Blue Backyard explores Kaikōura's rich and diverse marine life as a variety of native species feed, socialise, procreate and play. Off Kaikōura's coast lies the 1200-metre-deep Kaikōura Canyon, an important feeding ground for fish, whales and dolphins and a key part of the area's ecosystem. Narrator Michael Hurst describes the action over incredible underwater and onshore footage as a pod of frisky dusky dolphins, a maternally-minded red-billed gull, a curious fur seal pup and 'visitors' like humpback whales, shags and terns enjoy a summer's day.

It's the morning rush hour in Kaikōura, and these commuters are dusky dolphins, one of New Zealand's most common dolphin species. This is the night shift, on their way home to rest.

– Narrator Michael Hurst, early in this documentary

Key Cast & Crew

Judith Curran

Executive Producer

Max Quinn

Camera Operator

Colette Beaudry

Series Producer

Roz Mason

Post-Production Director

Michael Hurst

Narrator

Robyn Pearson

Production Manager