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AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD,
DEEP IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC...
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LIES AN ISOLATED LAND
WITH A STORIED PAST--
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NEW ZEALAND.
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ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
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A GOD PLUCKED ITS ISLANDS
FROM THE SEA
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WITH A MAGIC FISH HOOK.
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TODAY, THESE MYSTICAL LANDSCAPES
ARE BEST KNOWN AS MIDDLE-EARTH--
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HOME TO HOBBITS.
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SHAPED BY FIRE...
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CAPPED BY ICE...
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NEW ZEALAND IS A NATION
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OF RISK TAKERS
AND THRILL SEEKERS.
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IT’S WHERE A LEAP OF FAITH
SPARKED A NEW PASTIME...
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AND A LITTLE INGENUITY
SAVED A CITY.
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NEW ZEALAND IS A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX...
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AND WHERE EVEN A BIKE RIDE
CAN BE BREATH-TAKING.
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THIS YOUNG COUNTRY
IS FULL OF RICH HISTORY
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AND UNSPOILED BEAUTY
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FOR THOSE WILLING TO TRAVEL
ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE.
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[ENGINE WHIRRING]
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ON NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTH ISLAND,
ADRENALINE JUNKIES SPEED
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THROUGH ONE OF THE NATION’S
BEST-KNOWN CANYONS.
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THIS BOAT CARRIES TOURISTS
DOWN THE SHOTOVER RIVER,
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THROUGH WHAT’S CONSIDERED
WILD COUNTRY.
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THE ADVENTURE--AND THE BOAT--
ARE VINTAGE NEW ZEALAND.
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IN THE EARLY 1900s,
A LOCAL BOY NAMED BILL HAMILTON
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DREAMED OF TRAVERSING
SHALLOW RIVERS
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THAT RAN ACROSS HIS FAMILY FARM.
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HAMILTON EXPLORED THESE WATERS.
IN AN OLD TIN WASHTUB.
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IN 1954, AT THE AGE OF 55,
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HE MASTERMINDED THE WATERJET
THAT PROPELS THIS BOAT
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AND REVOLUTIONIZED BOATING
WORLDWIDE.
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HAMILTON’S INVENTION USED
A POWERFUL JET OF WATER--
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RATHER THAN A PROPELLER--
TO MOVE AND STEER.
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THE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS THIS BOAT
TO MAKE SHARP TURNS
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IN WATER AS SHALLOW
AS THREE INCHES
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AND REACH TOP SPEEDS
OF OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR.
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HAMILTON WAS EVENTUALLY KNIGHTED
FOR HIS INGENUITY...
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WHICH TODAY LETS PEOPLE
EXPLORE HIS HOMETOWN RIVERS...
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NEW ZEALAND STYLE.
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IN THIS NATION, LIFE HAS LONG
REVOLVED AROUND WATER.
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ITS FIRST SETTLERS ARRIVED
BY CANOE.
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BEGINNING IN THE 13th CENTURY,
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ISLANDERS FROM ACROSS
THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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PADDLED THOUSANDS OF MILES
TO NEW ZEALAND.
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THEY NAMED THEMSELVES MAORI.
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DIFFERENT TRIBES SETTLED
ALONG THE COAST
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OF NEW ZEALAND’S
TWO MAIN ISLANDS.
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TODAY, THEY ARE KNOWN SIMPLY AS
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NORTH ISLAND AND SOUTH ISLAND...
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AND TOGETHER THEY’RE
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ABOUT THE SIZE OF COLORADO.
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WHEN THE MAORI ARRIVED,
THE LAND WAS SO BREATH-TAKING,
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THEY BELIEVED THEY’D DISCOVERED
THE PLACE WHERE THE WORLD BEGAN.
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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ONE OF THEIR MOST SACRED SPOTS
IS ON THE NORTH ISLAND...
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IN AN ANCIENT FOREST
OF KAURI TREES,
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NATIVE TO NEW ZEALAND.
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TOWERING OVER THE LANDSCAPE
IS A TREE CALLED TANE MAHUTA--
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OR LORD OF THE FOREST--
THE TALLEST TREE IN NEW ZEALAND.
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ACCORDING TO MAORI LEGEND,
AT THE BIRTH OF THE PLANET,
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THE SKY FATHER AND EARTH MOTHER
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WERE LOCKED
IN A PASSIONATE EMBRACE.
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THEIR CHILDREN, INCLUDING
THEIR POWERFUL SON, TANE MAHUTA,
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WERE TRAPPED BETWEEN THEM,
ENGULFED IN DARKNESS.
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HE PUSHED WITH ALL HIS MIGHT
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AND, AS FATHER SEPARATED
FROM MOTHER,
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LIGHT SHONE ONTO THE WORLD.
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THE MAORI WERE THE SOLE SETTLERS
HERE FOR MORE THAN 500 YEARS...
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UNTIL 1840, WHEN EUROPEANS BEGAN
ARRIVING BY THE THOUSANDS.
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THAT YEAR NEW ZEALAND
BECAME A BRITISH COLONY...
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AND THE ENGLISH PUT THEIR STAMP
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ON NORTH ISLAND TOWNS
LIKE ROTORUA.
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THIS HISTORIC CHURCH
CALLED ST. FAITH’S
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WAS BUILT
IN THE ENGLISH TUDOR STYLE.
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IT SITS IN A KIND OF TOWN SQUARE
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THAT BEGAN AS A MAORI VILLAGE
IN THE 1200s--
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AND REMAINS AN IMPORTANT
GATHERING SPOT.
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TODAY, THE MAIN STREET HERE IS
A TIDY STRIP OF BUSINESSES...
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BUT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
ARE HINTS OF A STEAMY PAST.
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THE CITY SITS
ON "THE LINE OF FIRE"--
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A VOLCANIC PLATEAU
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THAT COVERS MOST OF
NEW ZEALAND’S NORTH ISLAND.
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DEEP UNDERGROUND,
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TWO SHIFTING TECTONIC PLATES
PRODUCE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY,
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WHICH ERUPTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS
AT GROUND LEVEL.
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THE ENERGY PRODUCES
A GEOTHERMAL WONDERLAND.
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LONG BEFORE TOURISTS CAME HERE,
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THE MAORI USED THE COLORFUL MUD
FOR PAINTS AND DYES.
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THEY RELIED ON THE HOT SPRINGS
TO COOK, CLEAN AND BATHE.
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JUST OUTSIDE TOWN IS THE LARGEST
HOT SPRING IN THE WORLD--
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FRYING PAN LAKE.
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ITS WATER TEMPERATURE
CAN REACH 140 DEGREES--
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LONG BELIEVED TO BE TOO HOT
TO SUSTAIN LIFE.
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THE ONLY CREATURES THAT CAN
SURVIVE HERE ARE THERMOPHILES...
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THE OLDEST LIVING LIFE FORMS
ON EARTH...
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MICRO-ORGANISMS THAT THRIVE
IN THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES.
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TODAY, VOLCANIC LANDMARKS,
LIKE THIS CONE,
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ARE REMINDERS OF THE DANGERS
THAT LURK BELOW.
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IT TOWERS OVER NEW ZEALAND’S
BIGGEST CITY, AUCKLAND--
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HOME TO 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE.
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THE METROPOLIS WAS BUILT
IN A VOLCANIC FIELD--
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140 SQUARE MILES MADE UP
OF MORE THAN 50 VOLCANOES.
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MOUNT EDEN IS ONE
OF MANY CONES--
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OR SHORT-LIVED VOLCANOES--
IN THE AREA.
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THE FIELD IS DORMANT NOW,
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BUT SCIENTISTS ARE CONSTANTLY
MONITORING IT.
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THEY SAY AN ERUPTION IS LIKELY
IN THE NEXT FEW HUNDRED YEARS.
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THE COUNTRY’S WIDESPREAD
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
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STEMS FROM THE ISLAND’S LOCATION
ON THE SOUTHWEST END
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OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
RING OF FIRE.
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90% OF THE WORLD’S EARTHQUAKES
AND ERUPTIONS OCCUR
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ALONG THIS
HORSESHOE-SHAPED ZONE,
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WHICH SURROUNDS
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
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GEOLOGIC ACTIVITY DEEP BELOW
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HAS LED TO VOLCANOES
ON THE NORTH ISLAND...
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AND MOUNTAINS ON THE SOUTH.
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THESE ARE THE SOUTHERN ALPS,
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WHICH FORM A MASSIVE SPINE THAT
RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE ISLAND.
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TECTONIC PLATES PUSHING
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER
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FORCED THIS LAND UPWARD
OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS.
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THEIR MAJESTY IS PROOF
OF THE POWER DEEP BELOW--
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POWER THAT ALWAYS THREATENS
TO UNLEASH NATURE’S FURY.
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ANOTHER PART OF NEW ZEALAND
EXPERIENCED THIS
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WITH NOT JUST ONE
VOLCANIC ERUPTION,
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BUT THREE AT THE SAME TIME.
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IN THE HEART OF NEW ZEALAND’S
NORTH ISLAND,
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TRANQUIL SURROUNDINGS
HIDE AN EXPLOSIVE PAST,
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CAUSED BY
THE MOUNT TARAWERA VOLCANO.
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IN JUNE OF 1886,
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VILLAGERS AWOKE AT MIDNIGHT
TO VIOLENT EARTHQUAKES.
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UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM,
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THEY WERE LIVING IN THE SHADOW
OF AN ACTIVE VOLCANO.
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AFTER THREE HOURS OF SHAKING,
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THEY LOOKED UP IN HORROR TO SEE
NOT ONE PEAK BUT THREE ERUPTING.
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THE SMOKE AND FIRE
SHOT A MILE INTO THE SKY.
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SHOCKED ONLOOKERS
STOOD OUTSIDE AND WATCHED--
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UNTIL MUD AND ASH
BEGAN RAINING DOWN.
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SURVIVORS RAN FOR COVER
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AND HID INSIDE THESE BUILDINGS
TO SEEK SHELTER.
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120 PEOPLE DIED,
BURIED IN DEBRIS,
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MAKING IT ONE OF THE WORST
NATURAL DISASTERS
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IN NEW ZEALAND’S HISTORY.
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VOLCANOES WILL ALWAYS BE
A THREAT IN NEW ZEALAND.
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BUT TODAY, THE COUNTRY HAS
A SOPHISTICATED WARNING SYSTEM
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TO TRY AND PREVENT
ANOTHER MAJOR TRAGEDY.
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TWO HOURS NORTHEAST
IS A FAR DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE.
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THIS IS COW COUNTRY...
DOWN UNDER.
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NEW ZEALAND IS THE WORLD’S
BIGGEST DAIRY EXPORTER...
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AND THE BULK OF ITS PRODUCTS
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COME FROM A FERTILE AREA
CALLED WAIKATO.
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TRUCKS PICK UP MILK
FROM LOCAL FARMS TWICE DAILY.
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THEN THEY TAKE IT
TO SPRAWLING FACTORIES,
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LIKE THIS ONE NEAR THE TOWN
OF CAMBRIDGE.
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INSIDE, MILK IS TESTED,
PASTEURIZED AND PROCESSED--
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MUCH OF IT STORED
IN MASSIVE SILOS.
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FINALLY, THE PRODUCTS
ARE MOVED TO PORTS
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WHERE THEY’RE SHIPPED
TO MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES
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AND CUSTOMERS LIKE PIZZA HUT.
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THE CHAIN SPRINKLES
ALL THEIR PIES WORLDWIDE
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WITH MOZZARELLA MADE FRESH
FROM NEW ZEALAND MILK.
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DAIRY COUNTRY IS ALSO
WHERE CHAMPIONS ARE MADE.
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LAKE KARAPIRO FEEDS
THIS FERTILE AREA
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AND SERVES AS A TRAINING GROUND
FOR OLYMPIC ROWERS.
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IN 2010, THIS TRANQUIL WATERWAY
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HOSTED THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
OF ROWING.
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THIS IS ALSO WHERE
NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES
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HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY
TO 24 OLYMPIC MEDALS.
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AMONG THOSE HERE TODAY
IS MAHÉ DRYSDALE,
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WHO BROUGHT HOME GOLD
IN THE 2012 AND 2016 GAMES.
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HE’S ALSO A FIVE-TIME
WORLD CHAMPION.
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NEW ZEALANDERS ARE KNOWN
FOR THEIR GRIT...
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AND THEIR GENIUS.
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THIS SOUTH ISLAND MEMORIAL
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HONORS NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
ERNEST RUTHERFORD,
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WHO FIRST SPLIT THE ATOM.
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THE STATUE,
LOCATED NEAR HIS HOMETOWN,
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PORTRAYS RUTHERFORD AS A BOY
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CLUTCHING HIS FIRST
SCIENCE BOOK.
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HE GREW UP HERE IN THE 1870s
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NEAR THE COASTAL CITY
OF NELSON,
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A TOWN KNOWN
FOR ITS PANORAMIC VIEWS...
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AND THE BIRTHPLACE
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OF NEW ZEALAND’S
NUMBER ONE SPORT--RUGBY.
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TODAY, KIDS GATHER TO PLAY
CRICKET, SOCCER AND OTHER GAMES
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HERE AT NELSON’S
BOTANICAL RESERVE.
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BUT ON MAY 14, 1870,
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THIS WAS THE SITE OF
THE COUNTRY’S FIRST RUGBY MATCH.
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THE GAME HAS ITS ROOTS
IN ENGLAND
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AND WAS BROUGHT HERE
BY A 19-YEAR-OLD NELSON NATIVE.
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THE SPORT SPREAD RAPIDLY
THROUGH THE 1800s...
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AND BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY,
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IT WAS NEW ZEALAND’S
NATIONAL PASTIME.
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LOCALS GROW UP PLAYING THE GAME
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ON BEACHES AND FIELDS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY...
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AT PLACES LIKE
AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
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THIS 150-YEAR-OLD INSTITUTION
SITS ON THE NORTH ISLAND
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AND WAS ONCE
THE STOMPING GROUNDS
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OF OSCAR WINNER RUSSELL CROWE.
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00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:30,971
BUT THE SCHOOL IS BEST KNOWN
FOR ITS RUGBY STARS.
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SINCE 1893,
MORE THAN 50 OF ITS ALUMNI
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HAVE GONE ON TO PLAY
FOR NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL TEAM,
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THE "ALL BLACKS."
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THEY ARE THE WINNINGEST TEAM
IN SPORTS HISTORY.
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SOME SAY THE ALL BLACKS
OWE PART OF THEIR SUCCESS
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TO THIS INSTITUTION--
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NOW NICKNAMED
RUGBY’S FINISHING SCHOOL.
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♪
228
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NEW ZEALAND IS A NATION
OF AMBITION,
229
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:06,772
BOTH ON THE GROUND
AND IN THE AIR.
230
00:15:09,942 --> 00:15:13,212
THIS BIPLANE IS FLYING
OVER CANTERBURY FARMLAND,
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00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:14,914
WHERE A CONTEMPORARY
OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
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MADE STUNNING ACHIEVEMENTS
IN FLIGHT.
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00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:21,654
IN THE EARLY 1900s,
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A SOUTH ISLAND FARMER
NAMED RICHARD PEARSE
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00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:27,360
BUILT WHAT LOOKS
LIKE A FLYING BICYCLE.
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THIS REPLICA STANDS
NEAR HIS HOMETOWN OF WAITOHI,
237
00:15:32,064 --> 00:15:37,870
WHERE PEARSE BUILT
THE MACHINE IN A HOME WORKSHOP.
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00:15:37,904 --> 00:15:40,273
THOUGH HE FLEW
AFTER THE WRIGHT BROTHERS,
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PEARSE’S DESIGN IS NOW REGARDED
AS VISIONARY.
240
00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:48,814
HIS IDEAS--FROM WING FLAPS
TO TILTING ENGINES--
241
00:15:48,848 --> 00:15:51,417
ARE STANDARD IN MODERN PLANES.
242
00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:58,090
HIS GENIUS WAS NEVER RECOGNIZED
IN HIS LIFETIME,
243
00:15:58,124 --> 00:16:00,259
BUT HIS VISIONS
FOR THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT
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HAVE BEEN REALIZED.
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00:16:05,431 --> 00:16:07,366
PEARSE IS ONE OF MANY
NEW ZEALANDERS
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WHOSE FORWARD THINKING
WOULD GO ON TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
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♪
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IN THE MIDDLE
OF NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTH ISLAND
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IS THE SPRAWLING CITY
OF CHRISTCHURCH,
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WHERE ONE WOMAN IS CREDITED
251
00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:24,950
WITH THE WORLD’S FIRST WAVE
OF FEMINISM.
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♪
253
00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:31,223
THIS HOUSE,
NOW A PRIVATE RESIDENCE,
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00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:36,963
WAS HOME TO THE PIONEERING
SUFFRAGETTE KATE SHEPPARD.
255
00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,198
FROM HERE, SHE LAUNCHED
A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
256
00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:43,169
FOR A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO VOTE.
257
00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:45,671
IN 1893, NEW ZEALAND BECAME
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THE FIRST SELF-GOVERNING COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
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WHERE WOMEN COULD VOTE--
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BEATING THE U.S.
BY NEARLY 30 YEARS.
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00:16:53,746 --> 00:16:56,816
♪
262
00:17:00,086 --> 00:17:02,455
ANOTHER NEW ZEALAND WOMAN
IS REMEMBERED HERE
263
00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:04,657
AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT.
264
00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:08,728
VISITORS TAXI DOWN THE RUNWAY
265
00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:11,664
TO THE JEAN BATTEN
INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL.
266
00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:17,804
SHE FLEW ONTO THE WORLD STAGE
IN 1934
267
00:17:17,837 --> 00:17:19,639
WHEN SHE SHATTERED
THE WOMEN’S FLYING RECORD
268
00:17:19,672 --> 00:17:21,674
FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.
269
00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:29,749
BATTEN BEAT THE PREVIOUS FASTEST
TIME BY FOUR FULL DAYS,
270
00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:32,485
SAFELY LANDING
AFTER A TWO-WEEK JOURNEY.
271
00:17:36,289 --> 00:17:39,592
THE 25-YEAR-OLD BEAUTY BECAME
AN OVERNIGHT SENSATION
272
00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:42,561
AND WAS DUBBED
"THE GARBO OF THE SKIES."
273
00:17:45,031 --> 00:17:48,301
TWO YEARS LATER, BATTEN BECAME
THE FIRST PILOT EVER
274
00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:50,670
TO FLY FROM ENGLAND
TO NEW ZEALAND--
275
00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:53,005
A FEAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED
IN 11 DAYS
276
00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:55,909
WITH LITTLE SLEEP
AND MINIMAL STOPS.
277
00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:03,415
BATTEN KEPT FLYING UNTIL
WORLD WAR TWO BEGAN IN 1939.
278
00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:08,754
THAT YEAR, SHE RELINQUISHED
HER BELOVED PLANE
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00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:10,323
TO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
280
00:18:10,356 --> 00:18:12,725
SO IT COULD BE USED
FOR THE ALLIED CAUSE.
281
00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:20,699
♪
282
00:18:20,733 --> 00:18:23,569
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED
IN THAT WAR AND OTHERS
283
00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:27,941
ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AT THE
AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM.
284
00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:33,245
IT WAS BUILT
AFTER WORLD WAR ONE,
285
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:36,282
WHICH DEVASTATED
THIS SMALL NATION.
286
00:18:38,651 --> 00:18:41,721
100,000 MEN WENT
TO THE EUROPEAN FRONT--
287
00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:45,725
A STAGGERING 10% OF
THE COUNTRY’S ENTIRE POPULATION
288
00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:49,595
AND THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE
OF ANY ALLIED NATION.
289
00:18:52,331 --> 00:18:55,701
AUCKLAND’S MUSEUM ENSURES
THAT THEIR SACRIFICES--
290
00:18:55,735 --> 00:18:58,304
ALONG WITH ALL NEW ZEALAND’S
WAR HEROES--
291
00:18:58,337 --> 00:19:00,906
WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
292
00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:07,146
♪
293
00:19:07,179 --> 00:19:09,148
LESS THAN TWO MILES
FROM THE MUSEUM
294
00:19:09,181 --> 00:19:12,384
IS THE CITY’S
BEST-KNOWN LANDMARK.
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00:19:12,418 --> 00:19:18,758
♪
296
00:19:18,791 --> 00:19:22,328
THE AUCKLAND SKY TOWER IS
THE TALLEST MAN-MADE STRUCTURE
297
00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:28,100
IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
298
00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:31,738
THE 1,000-FOOT TOWER
OPENED IN 1997.
299
00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:36,042
IT HAS THREE
OBSERVATION LEVELS,
300
00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:39,679
OFFERING 360-DEGREE VIEWS.
301
00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:46,419
BRAVE SOULS CAN ALSO TAKE
A CASUAL STROLL
302
00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:49,055
A QUARTER MILE
ABOVE THE GROUND--
303
00:19:49,088 --> 00:19:51,257
TETHERED FOR SAFETY.
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00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:56,729
♪
305
00:19:56,762 --> 00:20:02,735
BUT FOR THOSE WHO WANT AN EVEN
STRONGER ADRENALINE RUSH,
306
00:20:02,768 --> 00:20:06,238
A SKY JUMP OFFERS
A 15-SECOND FREE FALL.
307
00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:17,083
♪
308
00:20:17,116 --> 00:20:20,152
AND IT ONLY COSTS $160.
309
00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:30,229
♪
310
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:35,901
♪
311
00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:38,337
FOR PEOPLE WHO PREFER
TO STAY AT SEA LEVEL,
312
00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:40,606
THERE’S ANOTHER WAY TO SEE
THE SKY TOWER--
313
00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:42,508
BY YACHT.
314
00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:46,478
♪
315
00:20:46,512 --> 00:20:48,481
THE SHOWSTOPPERS
IN AUCKLAND HARBOR
316
00:20:48,514 --> 00:20:51,450
ARE BOATS LIKE THIS--
317
00:20:51,484 --> 00:20:54,587
RETIRED TRAINING VESSELS
FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP.
318
00:20:54,620 --> 00:21:02,161
♪
319
00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:05,431
TODAY, TOURISTS
HELP MAN THE CRAFT.
320
00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:08,167
BUT IT WAS ONCE USED
BY TEAM NEW ZEALAND,
321
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,369
KNOWN FOR WINNING THE WORLD’S
MOST FAMOUS YACHTING RACE
322
00:21:10,402 --> 00:21:13,805
AGAINST THE ODDS.
323
00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:15,808
THE YEAR WAS 1995;
324
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:18,344
THE VENUE, SAN FRANCISCO.
325
00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:20,312
THE U.S. HAD DOMINATED
THE AMERICA’S CUP
326
00:21:20,346 --> 00:21:21,848
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY--
327
00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:25,485
LOSING JUST ONCE IN 144 YEARS.
328
00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:29,789
♪
329
00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:33,693
IN 1995, THE U.S. HAD
TWO BIG ADVANTAGES:
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00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:36,596
EXPERIENCE AND DEEP POCKETS.
331
00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:42,234
TEAMS SPENT UP TO $300 MILLION
ON THE EVENT--
332
00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:45,171
DESIGNING HIGH-TECH BOATS,
TRAINING THE CREW,
333
00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:48,541
AND PAYING
THE $3 MILLION ENTRY FEE.
334
00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:54,913
IN SAN FRANCISCO, NEW ZEALAND’S
CASH-STRAPPED TEAM
335
00:21:54,947 --> 00:21:58,984
CHALLENGED THE U.S. WITH A BOAT
CALLED BLACK MAGIC...
336
00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:00,953
AND TRIUMPHED.
337
00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,490
THEY WENT DOWN IN HISTORY
338
00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:06,258
AS THE FIRST NON-AMERICAN TEAM
339
00:22:06,292 --> 00:22:09,562
TO WIN, AND LATER DEFEND,
THE COVETED CUP.
340
00:22:09,595 --> 00:22:12,198
♪
341
00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:17,370
♪
342
00:22:17,403 --> 00:22:19,038
THREE HOURS NORTH OF THE HARBOR
343
00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:22,141
IS A PLACE CALLED
THE WAITANGI TREATY GROUNDS--
344
00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:25,177
CONSIDERED THE BIRTHPLACE
OF NEW ZEALAND.
345
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,451
HERE IN 1840, BRITISH SETTLERS
MET WITH MAORI CHIEFS
346
00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:35,420
AND NEGOTIATED TERMS
FOR A NEW NATION.
347
00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:40,092
THE RESULT WAS
A CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENT
348
00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:42,995
CALLED THE TREATY OF WAITANGI.
349
00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:47,499
♪
350
00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:49,235
BEFORE EUROPEANS ARRIVED,
351
00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:52,638
THE ISLANDS WERE DIVIDED
AMONG MAORI TRIBES.
352
00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:57,610
NEW ZEALAND’S SHORES
WERE SO REMOTE
353
00:22:57,643 --> 00:23:01,547
THAT BY 1820 ONLY ABOUT
200 PEOPLE HAD SETTLED HERE,
354
00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:06,185
MOSTLY FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND,
IRELAND, AND SOME FROM THE U.S.
355
00:23:08,454 --> 00:23:11,891
FEW WERE WILLING TO MAKE
THE PERILOUS 100-DAY JOURNEY
356
00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:14,193
AND LIVE IN SUCH ISOLATION.
357
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:16,195
BUT IN THE MID 1800s,
358
00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:20,699
EUROPEANS LOOKED AT THIS LAND
WITH NEW EYES.
359
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:24,337
ENGLAND ANNEXED NEW ZEALAND, AND
BRITISH IMMIGRANTS FLOODED IN,
360
00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:27,273
SEEKING A BETTER LIFE.
361
00:23:27,306 --> 00:23:28,541
THE TREATY WAS MEANT
362
00:23:28,574 --> 00:23:32,111
TO UNIFY THE MAORI
AND THE BRITISH CROWN,
363
00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:34,747
BUT IT WAS NEITHER RATIFIED
NOR FOLLOWED.
364
00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:40,185
♪
365
00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:43,222
THE MAORI LOST
FOUR MILLION ACRES OF LAND.
366
00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:47,326
♪
367
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,028
IN THE 1970s,
UNDER PUBLIC PRESSURE,
368
00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:51,564
NEW ZEALAND’S GOVERNMENT
BEGAN WORKING
369
00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:55,067
TO RESTORE MAORI TREATY RIGHTS--
370
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:58,103
A PROCESS THAT CONTINUES
TO THIS DAY.
371
00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:07,212
♪
372
00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,115
THE NORTH ISLAND
IS HOME TO A BEACH
373
00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:13,452
THAT ATTRACTS VISITORS
FOR ITS BEAUTY AND ITS WILDLIFE.
374
00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:15,821
THIS IS MURIWAI,
375
00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:20,592
WHERE VOLCANIC DEPOSITS
HAVE LEFT BEHIND BLACK SAND.
376
00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:23,229
IT’S ALSO THE NESTING GROUNDS
OF AN UNUSUAL SEA BIRD
377
00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:27,066
CALLED A GANNET.
378
00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:29,501
EACH ONE IS ABOUT
THE SIZE OF A GOOSE,
379
00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:32,571
AND THEY’RE FOUND ONLY
IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
380
00:24:32,604 --> 00:24:35,507
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
381
00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:38,277
1,200 PAIRS NEST HERE
EVERY YEAR,
382
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:41,847
WITH EACH FEMALE LAYING ONE EGG.
383
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,682
AT FOUR MONTHS,
THE CHICKS EMBARK
384
00:24:43,716 --> 00:24:48,454
ON A 14-DAY SOLO FLIGHT
TO AUSTRALIA.
385
00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:51,056
THREE YEARS LATER, ABOUT
A QUARTER WILL RETURN HERE
386
00:24:51,090 --> 00:24:53,859
TO LAY EGGS OF THEIR OWN.
387
00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:55,527
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
388
00:24:56,528 --> 00:25:00,866
♪
389
00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:04,236
AN HOUR DOWN THE COASTLINE
IS ANOTHER BLACK SAND BEACH
390
00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:08,440
FAMOUS FOR BEING
ON THE BIG SCREEN.
391
00:25:08,474 --> 00:25:09,742
MOVIE BUFFS MAY KNOW IT
392
00:25:09,775 --> 00:25:13,279
FROM THE OSCAR-WINING FILM
THE PIANO,
393
00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:16,282
BUT LOCALS CALL IT
KAREKARE BEACH.
394
00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:23,155
IN 1992, ACTRESSES HOLLY HUNTER
AND ANNA PAQUIN
395
00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:26,758
SHOT THE OPENING SCENE HERE.
396
00:25:26,792 --> 00:25:29,094
IN THE MOVIE,
HUNTER IS A PIANIST
397
00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:33,566
SOLD IN MARRIAGE
TO AN EARLY NEW ZEALAND SETTLER.
398
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:36,635
SHE ARRIVES ON THE BEACH
WITH HER PIANO AND HER DAUGHTER,
399
00:25:36,668 --> 00:25:39,404
PLAYED BY PAQUIN.
400
00:25:39,438 --> 00:25:40,739
THE MOVIE WAS WRITTEN
AND DIRECTED
401
00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:44,143
BY NEW ZEALANDER JANE CAMPION.
402
00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:46,378
THE FILM WENT ON
TO WIN THREE OSCARS
403
00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:49,548
AND LAUNCHED A NEW CHAPTER
FOR THIS COUNTRY...
404
00:25:49,581 --> 00:25:52,317
AS ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S
FAVORITE FILM SETS.
405
00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:59,258
[SHEEP BLEATING]
406
00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:04,129
IN 1998, THIS NORTH ISLAND
SHEEP FARM CHANGED FOREVER.
407
00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:06,932
ONE DAY DIRECTOR AND
NEW ZEALANDER PETER JACKSON
408
00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:09,734
ARRIVED AND ASKED THE OWNERS
ABOUT FILMING A TRILOGY
409
00:26:09,768 --> 00:26:12,237
THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
410
00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:21,079
TWELVE ACRES OF THE FARM
BECAME "HOBBITON,"
411
00:26:21,113 --> 00:26:25,684
HOME TO BILBO AND FRODO BAGGINS
ALONG WITH THEIR FELLOW HOBBITS.
412
00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,490
JACKSON MASTERMINDED THE SHIRE,
413
00:26:31,523 --> 00:26:34,659
WHICH IS NOW THE COUNTRY’S
TOP TOURIST ATTRACTION.
414
00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,366
HE FILMED ALL THREE MOVIES
IN NEW ZEALAND,
415
00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:42,835
AND TODAY VISITORS CAN STILL
FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS
416
00:26:42,868 --> 00:26:45,337
OF FRODO’S EPIC JOURNEY.
417
00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:48,340
♪
418
00:26:50,175 --> 00:26:53,512
♪
419
00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:55,781
IN OCTOBER 1999,
420
00:26:55,814 --> 00:26:59,885
HOLLYWOOD STARS BEGAN DESCENDING
ON THE FARMS OF NEW ZEALAND
421
00:26:59,918 --> 00:27:02,621
AND LANDING
ON ITS TALLEST PEAKS.
422
00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:07,593
THE CAST AND CREW OF
TRILOGY
423
00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:10,762
FILMED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FOR 18 MONTHS.
424
00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:16,568
♪
425
00:27:16,602 --> 00:27:19,405
DIRECTOR PETER JACKSON
DID SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED
426
00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:22,675
BY SHOOTING ALL THREE MOVIES
HERE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
427
00:27:25,811 --> 00:27:28,280
HE CHOSE 70 SITES NATIONWIDE
TO CREATE
428
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:31,750
WRITER J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S
MIDDLE-EARTH.
429
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,888
FOR THE CLIMAX,
JACKSON FLEW HIS ACTORS
430
00:27:36,922 --> 00:27:39,091
TO THE TOP
OF THIS ACTIVE VOLCANO,
431
00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:43,128
WHERE FRODO DESTROYS THE RING
AND SAVES THE WORLD.
432
00:27:43,162 --> 00:27:49,101
♪
433
00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:50,769
NEW ZEALAND IS HEAVEN
434
00:27:50,802 --> 00:27:52,771
FOR MOVIE LOVERS.
435
00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:54,973
THE SOUTH ISLAND
IS HOME TO QUEENSTOWN
436
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:58,978
ON THE BANKS OF LAKE WAKATIPU--
437
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:03,716
WHERE THIS STEAMBOAT MADE
A CAMEO WITH HARRISON FORD.
438
00:28:03,749 --> 00:28:08,554
THE T.S.S. EARNSLAW APPEARED IN
THE 2008 INDIANA JONES MOVIE,
439
00:28:08,587 --> 00:28:11,090
THE FOURTH
IN THE FAMOUS FRANCHISE.
440
00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:17,829
BUILT IN 1912, THE EARNSLAW IS
THE ONLY COAL-FIRED STEAMSHIP
441
00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:20,666
STILL OPERATING
IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
442
00:28:22,668 --> 00:28:24,770
THE SHIP HAS FERRIED PASSENGERS
ACROSS THE LAKE
443
00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:26,972
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY,
444
00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:30,909
INCLUDING THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
AND PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.
445
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,914
BUT HER PASSENGERS WEREN’T
ALWAYS SO GLAMOUROUS.
446
00:28:35,948 --> 00:28:37,716
BEFORE MODERN ROADS,
447
00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:39,884
THE EARNSLAW WAS THE MAIN FORM
OF TRANSPORTATION
448
00:28:39,918 --> 00:28:42,087
IN THIS PART OF THE ISLAND.
449
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,255
SHE MOVED GOODS, PEOPLE
AND LIVESTOCK
450
00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:46,625
TO FARMS ON THE SOUTH END
OF THE LAKE,
451
00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:49,928
INCLUDING THIS
PICTURESQUE SHEEP FARM.
452
00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:51,831
WALTER PEAK HIGH COUNTRY FARM
453
00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:55,834
EXTENDS 64,000 ACRES
INTO THE SURROUNDING HILLS.
454
00:28:58,937 --> 00:29:01,206
VISITORS LINE UP
TO TOUR THE PROPERTY,
455
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,177
HOME TO 18,000 SHEEP.
456
00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:07,979
MERINO WOOL IS
THE SOFTEST SHEEP WOOL
457
00:29:08,013 --> 00:29:11,483
AND A TOP NEW ZEALAND EXPORT.
458
00:29:11,516 --> 00:29:14,085
BUT LIVESTOCK DIDN’T WORK OUT
FOR ONE LOCAL
459
00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:16,922
WHO SAW BETTER OPPORTUNITIES
WITH GOLD.
460
00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:23,862
♪
461
00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:26,097
THIS RIVERSIDE GHOST TOWN
STILL STANDS
462
00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:29,701
150 YEARS AFTER NEW ZEALAND’S
GOLD RUSH.
463
00:29:29,735 --> 00:29:33,939
♪
464
00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:37,409
IN 1862,
FARMER WILLIAM GILBERT REES
465
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:39,344
WATCHED PROSPECTORS FLOOD IN,
466
00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:43,048
HOPING TO GET RICH FROM GOLD
IN THE NEARBY ARROW RIVER.
467
00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:47,986
BUT FOOD AND SUPPLIES
WERE SPARSE,
468
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,623
AND MANY MINERS
FACED STARVATION.
469
00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:55,293
THEY TURNED TO REES,
470
00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:57,696
WHOSE FARM BECAME
THE CITY OF QUEENSTOWN,
471
00:29:57,729 --> 00:30:00,932
NOW A LAKESIDE TOWN OF 30,000.
472
00:30:03,769 --> 00:30:08,507
REES THREW HIMSELF
INTO HELPING THE MINERS.
473
00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:10,375
HE HAD THE ONLY BOAT FOR MILES
474
00:30:10,409 --> 00:30:12,544
AND TRANSPORTED SUPPLIES
ALONG WITH GOLD
475
00:30:12,577 --> 00:30:16,381
IN AND OUT OF THE AREA.
476
00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:19,118
THE GOLD RUSH ENDED
150 YEARS AGO,
477
00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:21,954
BUT IT LEFT A PERMANENT MARK
ON THIS LAND.
478
00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:28,060
♪
479
00:30:28,093 --> 00:30:29,861
THIS SUSPENSION BRIDGE WAS BUILT
480
00:30:29,895 --> 00:30:33,499
TO LINK GOLDFIELDS TO TOWNS
ACROSS THE KAWARAU RIVER.
481
00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:37,435
THE BRIDGE IS NOW FAMOUS
482
00:30:37,469 --> 00:30:39,871
FOR BEING THE LAUNCHPAD
AND BIRTHPLACE
483
00:30:39,905 --> 00:30:44,143
OF COMMERCIAL BUNGEE JUMPING.
484
00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:46,412
AFTER A NUMBER OF TEST JUMPS,
485
00:30:46,445 --> 00:30:51,050
A DEATH DEFYING ACT OF BRAVADO
IN PARIS, FRANCE,
486
00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:53,085
CAUGHT THE WORLD’S ATTENTION.
487
00:30:56,388 --> 00:31:00,025
IN 1987, A NEW ZEALANDER
NAMED A.J. HACKETT
488
00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:01,826
LEAPT OFF THE EIFFEL TOWER
489
00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:06,732
ATTACHED TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE
A GIANT RUBBER BAND.
490
00:31:06,765 --> 00:31:09,067
PARIS POLICE IMMEDIATELY
ARRESTED HIM,
491
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:12,104
BUT THE FEAT MADE HEADLINES
WORLDWIDE.
492
00:31:14,072 --> 00:31:17,242
A YEAR LATER, HACKETT
AND HIS PARTNER HENRY VAN ASCH
493
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:19,844
OFFERED BUNGEE JUMPING
TO THE MASSES--
494
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,614
HERE ON THE SOUTH ISLAND.
495
00:31:22,647 --> 00:31:25,350
THEIR FRANCHISE IS NOW
AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON,
496
00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:27,152
WORTH UP TO $100 MILLION.
497
00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:29,721
[SCREAMING]
498
00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:36,028
♪
499
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:39,698
NEW ZEALAND HAS A REPUTATION
FOR OFFBEAT PURSUITS.
500
00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:43,201
AND ONE OF ITS LATEST INVENTIONS
IS THIS BALL ROLLING--
501
00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:48,373
NOW A FIXTURE
ON THE NORTH ISLAND.
502
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:51,010
THE ACTIVITY DEBUTED IN 1998
503
00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:55,947
AND WAS THE BRAINCHILD
OF TWO NEW ZEALAND BUDDIES.
504
00:31:55,981 --> 00:31:57,349
THEY ENVISIONED A SPHERE
505
00:31:57,382 --> 00:32:00,185
THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE
TO WALK ACROSS WATER--
506
00:32:00,218 --> 00:32:02,854
BUT IT TURNED OUT PEOPLE
COULDN’T CONTROL IT.
507
00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:08,227
SO THE INVENTORS BROUGHT
THEIR SPHERE TO LAND.
508
00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,629
INSIDE, PASSENGERS
ROLL AROUND IN A BALL
509
00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:13,932
THAT’S SUSPENDED INSIDE
A HIGH-PRESSURE AIR POCKET.
510
00:32:17,002 --> 00:32:20,439
THE THRILLING RIDE WAS FEATURED
THE AMAZING RACE
511
00:32:20,472 --> 00:32:24,643
AND IS NOW UP AND RUNNING
IN TEN COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE
512
00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:26,378
AND IN SEVERAL U.S. STATES,
513
00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:29,514
INCLUDING TENNESSEE,
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO.
514
00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:39,792
♪
515
00:32:39,825 --> 00:32:45,597
NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURES OFTEN
TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE BEATEN PATH.
516
00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:49,968
A POPULAR PURSUIT HERE IS BIKING
ALONG ITS NATIONAL CYCLEWAY--
517
00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:55,607
A NETWORK OF TRAILS THAT
STRETCHES ACROSS BOTH ISLANDS.
518
00:32:55,640 --> 00:33:00,345
THESE "GREAT RIDES" ENCOMPASS
MORE THAN 1,500 MILES OF TRAILS.
519
00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:06,151
MANY BIKE TRAILS FOLLOW
OLD ABANDONED TRAIN TRACKS,
520
00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:08,486
LEFT OVER FROM THE EARLY 1900s,
521
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:12,057
THE GOLDEN AGE
OF THE NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY.
522
00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:18,163
TODAY ONE OF THE FEW TRAIN TRIPS
STILL IN OPERATION
523
00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:20,832
IS THE TRANZALPINE RAILWAY.
524
00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:27,473
200,000 PASSENGERS
RIDE THIS TRAIN EVERY YEAR...
525
00:33:31,276 --> 00:33:34,279
BETWEEN GREYMOUTH IN THE WEST
526
00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:36,414
AND CHRISTCHURCH IN THE EAST.
527
00:33:43,421 --> 00:33:45,423
ON THE NORTH ISLAND’S EAST COAST
528
00:33:45,457 --> 00:33:49,861
IS A TOWN RENOWNED
FOR ITS STYLE.
529
00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:52,898
THIS IS NAPIER, A CITY HELD UP
530
00:33:52,931 --> 00:33:56,368
AS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES
OF ART DECO IN THE WORLD.
531
00:33:58,837 --> 00:34:02,741
THE PRISTINE BUILDINGS AND
STREETS WERE REBUILT IN 1931
532
00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:07,545
AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE
DEVASTATED THE REGION.
533
00:34:07,579 --> 00:34:09,381
BUT THE TOWN RECOVERED...
534
00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:12,684
[BIG BAND JAZZ PLAYING]
535
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:16,654
THANKS IN PART TO AN EVENT
THEY CALL ART DECO WEEKEND.
536
00:34:16,688 --> 00:34:20,192
♪
537
00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:22,561
TODAY, LOCALS ARE PREPARING
FOR THE EVENT,
538
00:34:22,594 --> 00:34:24,162
WHICH FEATURES CLASSIC CARS,
539
00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:26,464
PARADES AND
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.
540
00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:34,339
IN 2011 NEW ZEALANDERS FACED
ANOTHER DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE,
541
00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:38,343
THIS TIME IN THE MOST POPULATED
AREA OF THE SOUTH ISLAND.
542
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,884
THE SOUTH ISLAND’S BIGGEST CITY
IS CHRISTCHURCH--
543
00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:50,188
HOME TO NEARLY 400,000 PEOPLE.
544
00:34:50,221 --> 00:34:54,325
ESTABLISHED IN 1856, IT’S ALSO
NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST CITY
545
00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:56,661
AND STEEPED IN HISTORY.
546
00:34:58,396 --> 00:34:59,697
CHRISTCHURCH IS HOME
547
00:34:59,731 --> 00:35:01,967
TO THE NATION’S OLDEST
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL,
548
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:07,072
CHRIST COLLEGE, THE ALMA MATTER
OF NEW ZEALAND ACTOR SAM NEILL.
549
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:10,575
♪
550
00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:13,245
A FEW MILES AWAY
IS ST. ANDREW’S COLLEGE.
551
00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:18,884
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1917,
WITH JUST 19 STUDENTS.
552
00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:21,486
TODAY, GRADUATES INCLUDE
RUGBY STARS,
553
00:35:21,519 --> 00:35:22,987
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
554
00:35:23,021 --> 00:35:27,325
AND TV PERSONALITY PHIL KEOGHAN,
THE AMAZING RACE.
555
00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:32,664
♪
556
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:37,335
BUT IN 2011, THIS HISTORIC CITY
WAS SHAKEN TO ITS CORE.
557
00:35:40,105 --> 00:35:45,043
ON FEBRUARY 22nd,
A MAGNITUDE 6.3 EARTHQUAKE HIT,
558
00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:46,978
CRUMBLING
THE CITY’S CENTERPIECE,
559
00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:49,448
CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL.
560
00:35:51,549 --> 00:35:56,587
IN ALL, THE EARTHQUAKE TOOK
THE LIVES OF 185 PEOPLE.
561
00:35:59,424 --> 00:36:02,427
RESIDENTS HERE, FOLLOWING
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NAPIER,
562
00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:05,396
BEGAN TO REBUILD.
563
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:07,232
IN THE CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT,
564
00:36:07,265 --> 00:36:09,134
ENTREPRENEURS USED
SHIPPING CONTAINERS
565
00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:12,003
TO QUICKLY REOPEN STORES.
566
00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:16,707
THE EYE-POPPING DESIGN
CAUGHT ON--
567
00:36:16,741 --> 00:36:18,943
AND THE AREA GREW
FROM 30 BUSINESSES
568
00:36:18,977 --> 00:36:21,213
TO MORE THAN 50.
569
00:36:24,549 --> 00:36:26,551
TODAY, RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES
570
00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:30,121
IN A CITY NEW ZEALANDERS BELIEVE
HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE.
571
00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:36,528
125 MILES WEST OF CHRISTCHURCH
572
00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:40,465
IS THE COUNTRY’S HIGHEST PEAK,
MOUNT COOK.
573
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:44,035
THIS WAS THE PROVING GROUND
574
00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:46,939
FOR MOUNTAINEERING LEGEND
SIR EDMUND HILLARY,
575
00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:49,140
THE FIRST PERSON TO SUMMIT
MOUNT EVEREST,
576
00:36:49,174 --> 00:36:53,679
ALONG WITH SHERPA
TENZING NORGAY.
577
00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:56,248
HILLARY BEGAN CLIMBING HERE
IN THE 1940s
578
00:36:56,281 --> 00:37:00,552
TO HONE HIS
MOUNTAINEERING SKILLS.
579
00:37:00,585 --> 00:37:04,355
MOUNT COOK HAS BECOME A MECCA
FOR CLIMBERS
580
00:37:04,389 --> 00:37:09,895
AND TOURISTS WHO HELICOPTER
TO SURROUNDING GLACIERS.
581
00:37:09,928 --> 00:37:13,165
TO SUMMIT, MOUNTAINEERS
CLIMB 10,000 FEET,
582
00:37:13,198 --> 00:37:16,468
A VERTICAL RISE COMPARABLE
WITH THE WORLD’S HIGHEST PEAKS
583
00:37:16,501 --> 00:37:19,537
AND MAKING IT AN EXCELLENT
TRAINING GROUND.
584
00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:24,509
ADDING TO THE TREACHEROUS CLIMB
585
00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:27,912
ARE SNOW, ICE
AND UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER.
586
00:37:31,316 --> 00:37:33,952
THE AREA LIES IN THE PATH
OF PIERCING WINDS
587
00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:37,856
KNOWN AS "THE ROARING FORTIES,"
NAMED FOR THEIR LATITUDE.
588
00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:43,728
MORE THAN 200 CLIMBERS
HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
589
00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:46,398
ON THESE UNFORGIVING SLOPES.
590
00:37:50,201 --> 00:37:54,138
IN 1991, THE ENTIRE EAST FACE
COLLAPSED.
591
00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:58,143
THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
THUNDERED DOWN--
592
00:37:58,176 --> 00:38:01,179
50 MILLION TONS
OF SNOW, ICE AND ROCK,
593
00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:03,514
ENOUGH TO FILL
TEN FOOTBALL STADIUMS.
594
00:38:03,548 --> 00:38:10,522
♪
595
00:38:10,555 --> 00:38:12,390
THE DEBRIS ROARED
INTO THE VALLEY BELOW
596
00:38:12,423 --> 00:38:15,793
AT SPEEDS EXCEEDING
250 MILES AN HOUR.
597
00:38:18,730 --> 00:38:21,833
THE WAVE OF DESTRUCTION NARROWLY
MISSED A GROUP OF CLIMBERS,
598
00:38:21,866 --> 00:38:24,936
INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY GUIDE
ROB HALL.
599
00:38:27,539 --> 00:38:31,143
TRAGICALLY, HE DIED FIVE YEARS
LATER ON MOUNT EVEREST--
600
00:38:31,176 --> 00:38:32,511
AN EXPEDITION RECOUNTED
601
00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:36,548
IN JON KRAKAUER’S BESTSELLING
INTO THIN AIR.
602
00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:42,587
♪
603
00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:46,858
SOUTHWESTERN NEW ZEALAND IS HOME
TO TRULY WILD COUNTRY.
604
00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:52,664
THREE NATIONAL PARKS
STRETCH ACROSS THE COASTLINE.
605
00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:59,471
THE CROWN JEWEL IS
FIORDLAND NATIONAL PARK,
606
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:01,973
HOME TO MILFORD SOUND.
607
00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:07,179
IT’S ONE OF 14 FIORDS HERE--
608
00:39:07,212 --> 00:39:11,049
SEA INLETS CARVED BY GLACIERS
OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS.
609
00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:14,218
♪
610
00:39:14,252 --> 00:39:17,655
THE AREA RECEIVES 250 INCHES--
OR 20 FEET--
611
00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:19,824
OF RAINFALL EACH YEAR.
612
00:39:19,858 --> 00:39:25,030
♪
613
00:39:25,063 --> 00:39:27,599
THE RAINWATER FEEDS
THE SURROUNDING RAINFOREST
614
00:39:27,632 --> 00:39:31,536
AND THE SEA BELOW,
WHERE WILDLIFE THRIVES.
615
00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:37,775
IT’S EASY TO SEE WHY AUTHOR
RUDYARD KIPLING CALLED THIS
616
00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:40,145
THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD.
617
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:45,249
THIS IS ALSO HOME
618
00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:47,252
TO NEW ZEALAND’S
MOST FAMOUS HIKE,
619
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:49,788
CALLED THE MILFORD TRACK.
620
00:39:51,789 --> 00:39:55,493
THE 33-MILE TRAIL STARTS INLAND
AND STRETCHES TO THE SOUND.
621
00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:59,530
♪
622
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,466
IT WAS FIRST FORGED
BY THE MAORI,
623
00:40:01,499 --> 00:40:04,836
WHO CROSSED THIS TERRAIN
IN SEARCH OF PRECIOUS GEMS.
624
00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:09,874
♪
625
00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:13,779
THE MILFORD TRACK’S HIGHEST
POINT IS MACKINNON PASS,
626
00:40:13,811 --> 00:40:18,149
WHERE A MEMORIAL TO EXPLORER
QUINTIN MACKINNON NOW STANDS.
627
00:40:19,851 --> 00:40:23,588
IN 1888, HE SPENT A MONTH
IN EXTREME WEATHER
628
00:40:23,621 --> 00:40:28,092
BLAZING A TRAIL THROUGH
THE WILDERNESS TO MILFORD SOUND.
629
00:40:28,126 --> 00:40:31,262
MACKINNON BECAME
THE FIRST OFFICIAL TOUR GUIDE
630
00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:34,599
LEADING VISITORS
ALONG THE PATH HE FORGED.
631
00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:39,637
♪
632
00:40:39,671 --> 00:40:44,409
SEVEN MILES AWAY FROM THE PASS
IS SUTHERLAND FALLS.
633
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:49,547
FED BY A MOUNTAIN LAKE,
THE WATER PLUMMETS 2,000 FEET,
634
00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:52,750
A DISPLAY SOME HIKERS SAY IS THE
HIGHLIGHT OF THE ENTIRE TREK.
635
00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:58,623
[FALLS ROARING]
636
00:41:01,492 --> 00:41:03,160
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NORTH ISLAND,
637
00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:07,832
A PEACEFUL SCENE HIDES
AN EXPLOSIVE PAST.
638
00:41:07,865 --> 00:41:10,067
THIS IS LAKE TAUPO--
639
00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:13,805
NEW ZEALAND’S BIGGEST LAKE
AND A POPULAR PLAYGROUND.
640
00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:16,441
MUCH OF IT IS ACTUALLY
A COLLAPSED VOLCANO.
641
00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:22,513
DEEP UNDERWATER ARE REMNANTS
642
00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:24,516
OF WHAT’S BELIEVED TO BE
THE WORST ERUPTION
643
00:41:24,549 --> 00:41:28,453
IN THE LAST 5,000 YEARS.
644
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:31,622
EXPERTS SAY IT WAS
A THOUSAND TIMES MORE POWERFUL
645
00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:34,993
THAN THE ERUPTION
OF MOUNT ST. HELENS IN 1980.
646
00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:39,998
♪
647
00:41:40,031 --> 00:41:44,469
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IS STILL
BUBBLING BENEATH THE SURFACE.
648
00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:48,906
JUST 600 FEET DOWN,
VENTS EXPEL ASH AND DUST.
649
00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:54,846
THE ONLY PROTECTION
FROM THE NEXT CATASTROPHE
650
00:41:54,879 --> 00:41:58,049
IS A MAORI CARVING
OF AN ANCIENT NAVIGATOR...
651
00:41:58,082 --> 00:42:01,919
ETCHED HERE TO PREVENT
ANOTHER ERUPTION.
652
00:42:03,488 --> 00:42:07,625
♪
653
00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:09,426
ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE
OF THE LAKE,
654
00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:13,965
VOLCANOES SPRING FROM THE EARTH.
655
00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:17,235
THEY’RE PART
OF TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK--
656
00:42:17,268 --> 00:42:19,570
NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST
PROTECTED LAND
657
00:42:19,604 --> 00:42:22,273
AND HOME TO ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
658
00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:27,411
ONE ERUPTED
A STAGGERING 70 TIMES
659
00:42:27,445 --> 00:42:30,381
IN THE LAST 70 YEARS.
660
00:42:30,415 --> 00:42:34,786
A SECOND ERUPTED TWICE
IN 2012 ALONE.
661
00:42:34,819 --> 00:42:38,089
THIS PARK IS A STARK REMINDER
662
00:42:38,122 --> 00:42:41,559
THAT NEW ZEALAND
IS A LAND OF EXTREMES...
663
00:42:41,592 --> 00:42:49,300
♪
664
00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:52,303
A PLACE WHERE FIRE
CLASHES WITH ICE...
665
00:42:52,336 --> 00:42:57,074
♪
666
00:42:57,108 --> 00:43:00,411
AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
PUSHING THE LIMITS.
667
00:43:00,445 --> 00:43:03,348
♪
668
00:43:03,381 --> 00:43:06,117
FROM PEAKS IN THE SOUTH...
669
00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:08,619
♪
670
00:43:08,653 --> 00:43:10,922
TO THE HILLS IN THE NORTH...
671
00:43:10,955 --> 00:43:14,492
♪
672
00:43:14,525 --> 00:43:18,062
THESE ISLANDS SHOWCASE NATURE
AT ITS BEST.
673
00:43:18,096 --> 00:43:22,133
♪
674
00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:27,972
NEW ZEALAND IS A PLACE
WHERE YOU CAN PIERCE THE SKY
675
00:43:28,005 --> 00:43:30,541
AND SWAN DIVE INTO ADVENTURE.
676
00:43:30,575 --> 00:43:34,312
♪
677
00:43:34,345 --> 00:43:39,016
THIS IS A COUNTRY OF DREAMERS...
678
00:43:39,050 --> 00:43:43,254
AND DOERS...
679
00:43:43,287 --> 00:43:47,792
A SMALL NATION
WITH A MIGHTY HEART
680
00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:49,794
BEATING AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE WORLD.
681
00:43:49,827 --> 00:43:58,736
♪