KIWIS: A NATURAL HISTORY

Year
1991
Reference
F102783
Media type
Moving image
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Year
1991
Reference
F102783
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
1:00:00
Production company
Natural History New Zealand
Credits
Narrator: Ian Johnston
Director: Michael Hacking
Producer: Michael Hacking
Director of Photography: Malcolm Nish (aka Swami Hansa)
Editor: Owen Ferrier-Kerr
Sound: Errol Samuelson
Sound: Lloyd Pearson
Sound: Owen Ferrier-Kerr
Sound: Ian Masterton
Sound: Earl Kingi
Researcher: Mark Ferns
Researcher: John Dowding

“The kiwi is unique to New Zealand and is one of the most unusual birds on earth. It is flightless, nocturnal, has hair-like feathers and burrows into the ground to lay an egg representing 25% of its body weight.
The kiwi is shy, secretive and its covert habits have frustrated scientists for many years. New information on kiwi behaviour challenges past understanding of the bird. The kiwi's characteristics have helped it to survive; now its numbers are falling and the programme explores the reasons why and offers hope for the future.” www.offthefence.com, 29/10/2007