Castles of the Underworld (1992)
A spectacular look at the strange and wonderful world of New Zealand's limestone areas. Exploring deep underground in New Zealand's caves reveals the intricate beauty of stalactites, stalagmites, cave straws, cave pearls and extraordinary creatures adapted to live in total darkness.
Primary Title
- Castles of the Underworld
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 3 December 2005
Release Year
- 1992
Start Time
- 17 : 30
Finish Time
- 18 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- A spectacular look at the strange and wonderful world of New Zealand's limestone areas. Exploring deep underground in New Zealand's caves reveals the intricate beauty of stalactites, stalagmites, cave straws, cave pearls and extraordinary creatures adapted to live in total darkness.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- Maori
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Ecology--New Zealand
- New Zealand--Environmental conditions
- Natural resources--New Zealand
- Natural history--New Zealand
- Natural areas--New Zealand
- Caves--New Zealand
- Geology--New Zealand
Genres
- Documentary
- Nature
Contributors
- Natural History New Zealand Ltd (Production Unit)
- Michael Single (Director)
- Janet Bertaud (Writer)
- Michael Single (Producer)
- TVNZ (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Ecology--New Zealand
- New Zealand--Environmental conditions
- Natural resources--New Zealand
- Natural history--New Zealand
- Natural areas--New Zealand
- Caves--New Zealand
- Geology--New Zealand