Kiwi Magic - Ultimate New Zealand(2003)
The locale is New Zealand, a landscape rife with breathtaking landscapes, idiosyncratic residents and one of the planet's most unusual indigenous cultures. KIWI MAGIC provides a exhaustive exploration of this special country, via a tour of its many locales and facets; highlights include a journey to the mountain Aoraki Mount Cook, footage of sea kayaking around glaciers; a visit with the rare and precious Kiwi bird on Stewart Island; and a trip to the geysers, sulphur craters and mud pools of Rotorua.
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