New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

Isolated since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand's wildlife has been left to its own devices and its forests are stalked by predators from the Jurassic era.

From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and most resilient pioneers.

Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived.