New Zealand by Train

2022 - 2022

The North Island

22nd June 2022

Episode 1

The Northern Explorer rolls from Auckland to the capital, Wellington. The train passes by the volcanoes and scenic wonders of Middle Earth to the fertile plains and Tasman sea on the west coast.

The South Island

22nd June 2022

Episode 2

The iconic journeys of two scenic trains, the Coastal Pacific and the TranzAlpine, are set amidst the spectacular landscapes of the Kaikoura coastline, Canterbury, Southern Alps, and the dramatic West Coast

Top Cast

Julie Walters

Director

Tuan Lam

Writer

Kerstin Meyer-Beetz

Documentary

Following three iconic train journeys from the air and on the ground, we discover the iconic landscapes of New Zealand, a country with the geographic diversity of an entire continent. On the way we learn about the extra-ordinary construction challenges of the 4,000 kilometre network.