episode description
Where the South Pacific Ocean meets the Tasman Sea, thirteen islands stretch across the blue desert as if a giant has tossed rocks from the sky above, Manawatāwhi/ The Three Kings Islands. Ancient, wild, and remote, this ocean junction bewitches many who visit. Upwellings of cold nutrient rich water support a spectacle of marine life, while a small pod of Bottlenose Dolphins has given up their nomadic ways to make this place their home. Short-tailed stingrays must be wary of visiting orca who would make a snack of them. Great Island hosts a bustling community of terrestrial residents, some found nowhere else, like the Falla’s skink and the world’s loneliest tree, the Three Kings Kaikōmako. A pit-stop in the vast blue desert for tropical migrants on long haul journeys, giant Sunfish and even a rare swarm of Paper Nautilus pass by on occasion. Whatever brings them here, both visitors and residents alike make the most of Manawatāwhi’s strange magic in this place where oceanic currents meet.
