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TVNZ’s Natural History Film Unit was founded in...
This collection showcases New Zealand's impressive record...
Award-winning NHNZ doco exploring under Antarctica
Also featuring southern right whales
Features archival footage of whaling in Cook Strait
Features stories of whaling on Kapiti Island
David Bellamy doco featuring yellow-eyed penguin
A feature film about a mythical whale and a Māori girl
Includes a visit to a whaling station in Marlborough Sounds
Another NHNZ production
More royal albatross and yellow-eyed penguin
Also directed by Max Quinn
More whales
Albatross also feature in this documentary
Creating fake whales for Whale Rider
Swimming with whales off Tonga
More whales in the Southern Ocean
More on the subantarctic islands
Whale watching in Kaikōura
Trailer for a film about Japanese whale hunting
Scientific reseach on remote Campbell Island
A documentary about the royal albatross
Short documentary about preserving a fish species
NHNZ documentary about Kaikōura's marine life
Whales and traditional Māori music
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I'm also a great, great, great grandson of Dutch Harry and would be very keen to get in touch with you.
Regards Chas Burgess
chas532@hotmail.com
I am proud of my heritage after all that was their way of life.
Good to see the Southern Right Whale population increasing again as this was most certainly THE WHALE that "Dutch Harry" killed most often from the shores of Johnny Jones Karitane shore based whaling station.
"Dutch Harry" married a Wahine from Karitane and trough her lineage i (maybe)
have connection to Paikea the "WHALE RIDER" .
SRW are the whales featured in the movie of that name,Truly a BEAUTIFUL animal.
I hope they do survive.
Nathalie