Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn — Season 1, Episode 8: New Zealand I: The Rose and the Dragon

Episode synopsis

Captain Cousteau and his team rediscover New Zealand. The Calypso travels around its coastline whilst a land team crosses more than 42,000 kilometres of countyside. New Zealand extends from the sub-tropical zone to the sub Antartic and, therefore, has an immensely varied fauna and flora. The team discover amongst the wonders of New Zealand: the Argonaut, the kiwi, black coral, and the giant moa.

About Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn

Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the Calypso set sail to research far-off cultures and species of aquatic fauna and flora in another of the explorer's nature series, mainly in the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Haiti: Waters of Sorrow
• E2Cuba: Waters of Destiny
• E3Cape Horn: Waters of the Wind
• E4Sea of Cortez: Legacy of Cortez
• E5Marquesas islands: Mountains from the Sea
• E6Channel Islands I: Waters of Contention
• E7Channel Islands II: Days of Future Past
• E9New Zealand II: The Heron of the Single Flight
• E10New Zealand III: The Surrounding Sea
• E11Tahiti: Fire Waters
• E12Cocos island: Sharks of Treasure Island
• E13Bering Sea: Twilight of the Alaskan Hunter