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First Crossings

All Episodes 2012 - 2013

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  • 2012-07-24T08:30:00Z
  • 45m
  • 9h 45m (13 episodes)
  • New Zealand
  • English
First Crossings honours New Zealand’s early European explorers by telling the stories of five real and iconic expeditions that took place in the South Island of New Zealand between 1810 and 1909. Their stories are told by their modern-day contemporaries – Kevin Biggar and Jamie Fitzgerald which saw them not only follow in the footsteps of those early pioneers, but also recreate the hardest parts of their expeditions in almost complete historical detail – wearing the same clothes and footwear, using the same antiquated equipment and boats, and even eating the same food.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

2012-07-24T08:30:00Z

1x01 Southern Alps

Series Premiere

1x01 Southern Alps

  • 2012-07-24T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie follow in the footsteps of Whitcombe and Lauper’s first crossing of the Southern Alps via the Whitcombe pass

1x02 Grave And Talbot / Fiordland

  • 2012-07-31T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie retrace the 1910 journey of explorers William Grave and Arthur Talbot, as they attempt to find a pass suitable for a tourist track across Fiordlands Darran Mountains

Kevin and Jamie re-trace the first ascent of Mount de la Beche by Tom Fyfe and George Graham in 1894 - the first major peak conquered by New Zealand-born climbers.

2012-08-14T08:30:00Z

1x04 Open Bay Islands

1x04 Open Bay Islands

  • 2012-08-14T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie travel back to 1810 to retrace the unbelievable survival story of David Loweniston and nine other stranded sealers, who were marooned on the Open Bay Islands.

1x05 Brunner And Kehu / Buller River

  • 2012-08-21T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie retrace the great journey of Thomas Brunner and his guide Kehu down the Buller River in 1846.

Season Premiere

2013-07-10T08:30:00Z

2x01 Barrington

Season Premiere

2x01 Barrington

  • 2013-07-10T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie recreate the 16 week epic adventure of mysterious and contradictory gold prospector Alphonse Barrington.

2013-07-16T08:30:00Z

2x02 Harwoods

2x02 Harwoods

  • 2013-07-16T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie head to the hills of Takaka to retrace the steps of caver Peter Lambert and his team as they became the first to explore the Harwood's Hole caving system in 1958.

2013-07-23T08:30:00Z

2x03 Olivine Ice Plateau

2x03 Olivine Ice Plateau

  • 2013-07-23T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie head to Fiordland to explore the unmapped Olivine Ice Plateau as John Holloway did between 1934-1938.

2013-07-30T08:30:00Z

2x04 Motu River

2x04 Motu River

  • 2013-07-30T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie embark on the epic first exploration of the wild Motu River, retracing the route of the Fisher brothers in 1920.

2013-08-06T08:30:00Z

2x05 Cook River Gorge

2x05 Cook River Gorge

  • 2013-08-06T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie take on the fearsome Cook River Gorge as they retrace the footsteps of pioneer photographer Ebenezer Teichelmann in 1905.

2013-08-13T08:30:00Z

2x06 Three Kings Islands

2x06 Three Kings Islands

  • 2013-08-13T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie will embark on the journey of Kelly Tarlton and his exploration of the Elingimite wreck off the Three Kings Islands

2013-08-20T08:30:00Z

2x07 Arawata River / Mt. Ionia

2x07 Arawata River / Mt. Ionia

  • 2013-08-20T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie embark on the remarkable 1885 exploration of the Arawata River and take on the ascent of Mt Ionia, following in the footsteps of Charlie Douglas and Gerhard Mueller.

2013-08-27T08:30:00Z

2x08 Mt. Tapuae-o-uenuku

2x08 Mt. Tapuae-o-uenuku

  • 2013-08-27T08:30:00Z45m

Kevin and Jamie take on take on the massive summit of Mt Tapuae-o-uenuku, all 2,885 metres of it as Edmund Hillary did in 1944.

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