The Chatham Island archipelago is 45 minutes ahead and 800 kilometres east of Aotearoa. The land, the sea and the people are ruggedly beautiful - and there's more to these islands than what you see.
EP2 In the BeginningMar 21, 2024
These remote islands have a profoundly beautiful and devastatingly sad history that is still felt today. A history so very rich, and so very dark.
EP3 Kaitiaki - Looking after each otherMar 28, 2024
Living on a rock in the middle of the ocean, 800 kilometres from Aotearoa, means the islanders have to be resilient, and over the years looking out for each other has become a way of life.
EP4 SubsistenceApr 04, 2024
The main Chatham Island is the big smoke for the 46 inhabitants of Pitt Island. There are no shops, no petrol stations and it's a whole different world.
EP5 Kaitiaki - Looking after the land, sea and peopleApr 11, 2024
The land and the sea is everything on the Chatham Islands. Looking after the land and the sea, and also each other, is an essential part of life on this isolated archipelago.
EP6 Manuhiri - Tourists have crash-landed and not everyone is happyApr 18, 2024
As tourists flock to this 'undiscovered paradise' the locals wonder how tourism will change the lives they've always lived
EP7 Lost and FoundApr 25, 2024
Today is the beginning of a new story as Moriori rebuild their cultural traditions, language, identity and whakapapa, piecing it back together for future generations.
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Synopsis
Experience the community, the history, the isolation, and the connection of life on the remote Chatham Islands, where the land and sea govern the day to lives of the inhabitants.