Rivers with Craig Potton - Rangitata

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Rivers with Craig Potton - Rangitata

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In this award-winning episode of the Rivers series, photographer Craig Potton visits Canterbury’s Rangitata River. The great braided river is home to the rare wrybill, and the landscape has provided inspiration for Samuel Butler (utopian satire Erewhon) and Peter Jackson (Mount Sunday is Edoras in Lord of the Rings). It’s been shaped by glaciers, the nor’wester, irrigation and farming. In this excerpt Potton and climbing mates try to reach the fabled Garden of Eden ice plateau and the river’s...

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Video

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2010

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rivers-rangitata-2010

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rangitata / erewhon / samuel butler / robbie burton / geoff spearpoint / climbing / southern alps / garden of eden / acland / eugenie sage / braided river / wrybill / mt peel / glacier / carex secta / mt heron / mt sunday / tourist / french tourist / edoras / helicopter / lord of the rings / river crossing / nz on air / new zealand on air

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