Primeval New Zealand

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Primeval New Zealand

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This award-winning documentary from NHNZ reveals new information about the origins of the iconic kiwi. Presenter Peter Elliott travels the country investigating how "evolutionary mutants" — like giant meat-eating snails, kiwi, and tuatara — evolved over 20 million years in the face of massive tectonic upheavals and extreme isolation. Elliott answers why Aotearoa has the "weirdest creatures", such as birds that don't fly and mammals that do. Company Weta Workshop used computer graphics to cre...

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Video

Date created

2012

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/primeval-new-zealand-2012

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takahē / giant wētā / peter elliott / natural history / southern alps / kea / kakapo / takahe / moa / new zealand falcon / kiwi / tuatara / wildlife / animals / fauna / reptiles / parrot / tectonic / new zealand short tailed bat / powelliphanta / gondwana / zealandia / snares islands / mountain / mating / pukekos / australia / penguins / crested penguins / albatross / taiaroa head / nocturnal / camouflage / haast eagle / kakā / kākāpō / bat / short-tailed bat / nz short-tailed bat / short tailed bat / meat-eating snail / meateating snail / snail / giant meat-eating snail / giant meateating snail / nz on air / new zealand on air

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