Grandma
This documentary is about the largest sea bird in the world - the northern royal albatross at its Tairoa Head colony on the Otago peninsular. It focuses on one particular albatross, “Grandma”, who at 60 years is the oldest banded bird in the world and remarkably still breeding. “Grandma” and her mate have a 17 year old trusting relationship with the colony’s senior warden, Shirley Webb . They allow her to stroke them and remove their egg and chick for weighing. Eight months after emerging from his egg, grandma’s offspring takes flight on a five year journey circling the Great Southern Ocean before hopefully returning to Tairoa Head.
Primary Title
- Grandma
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 10 December 2005
Start Time
- 17 : 30
Finish Time
- 18 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- This documentary is about the largest sea bird in the world - the northern royal albatross at its Tairoa Head colony on the Otago peninsular. It focuses on one particular albatross, “Grandma”, who at 60 years is the oldest banded bird in the world and remarkably still breeding. “Grandma” and her mate have a 17 year old trusting relationship with the colony’s senior warden, Shirley Webb . They allow her to stroke them and remove their egg and chick for weighing. Eight months after emerging from his egg, grandma’s offspring takes flight on a five year journey circling the Great Southern Ocean before hopefully returning to Tairoa Head.
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
- Northern royal albatross--New Zealand
- Albatrosses--New Zealand
- Albatrosses--New Zealand--Taiaroa Head (N.Z.)
- New Zealand--Taiaroa Head (N.Z.)
Genres
- Documentary
- Nature
Contributors
- Natural History New Zealand Ltd (Production Unit)
- Beverly Brown (Director)
- Beverly Brown (Producer)
- TVNZ (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Ecology--New Zealand
- New Zealand--Environmental conditions
- Natural resources--New Zealand
- Natural history--New Zealand
- Natural areas--New Zealand
- Northern royal albatross--New Zealand
- Albatrosses--New Zealand
- Albatrosses--New Zealand--Taiaroa Head (N.Z.)
- New Zealand--Taiaroa Head (N.Z.)