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A video blog that allows disabled Kiwi youth to share about their condition, what it means to them, and how it affects them and their family and friends.
Josh has 15% vision in his good eye. City life with four senses sounds easy!
Alicia juggles work and study with cerebral palsy, even fitting in the odd skydive.
Pieta broke her back a year ago; now she’s embracing a new community.
Jesse started his first paid job; this is what it’s like to have Down syndrome.
Rachel is deaf -- as are three out of four in her house -- so at home they use NZSL.
Sarah is one of the most charismatic people in her community. Living with CHARGE syndrome means accessibility is extra important.
Henry Stilwell is a student and lives with Williams syndrome. But he also has another identity: Lil Henry the rapper!
As the lead singer of his band, Cory must work with his cerebral palsy to perform for his audience.
Eamon is more mobile than many, modifying his handcycle to tow his wheelchair.
John's autism means he finds it easier to access a digital world, so hosting his own radio show helps him get out and about.
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History is taking to the seas and walking in the footsteps of Captain James Cook. 250 years after Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, The Piano) journeys in his wake uncovering stories that resonate from those times on both sides of the beach. Sam begins with a disclaimer – he is merely an actor – but the story of Cook, and the impact he has had on the Pacific in the 250 years since his first voyage, has always fascinated him.
A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled around the world in search of endangered species. 20 years later Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine go back to see what has become of the animals in two decades, and to discover what has affected their fortunes.
Billy Connolly is back with the fourth in his massively popular World Tour series. This time Billy journey's to the other side of the globe to New Zealand, a country he has been visiting since the 1970s and of which he is immensely fond. Billy's extraordinary journey covers the length and breadth of New Zealand and is mixed with the best of his comedy from sell-out shows around the country.Filmed in 2004 during the first leg of his Too Old To Die Young Tour this series is a stunning journey around New Zealand's two islands from the Southern-most tip to the far north where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific. Along the way Billy takes in Maori traditions, sand paintings, whale-watching, a 90 mile beach and much more to give us a fascinating insight into the spectacular scenery, culture and people of this amazing country.
Blind Young Things is a 2007 British documentary about students at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford. The film was shown on Channel 4 as part of the Cutting Edge documentary strand, and aired on 30 April 2007. The film won a Royal Television Society award for Channel Four and the Cutting Edge team in 2008.
In this eight-part series, Simon Dallow takes viewers on a journey back in time to the earliest stages of Maori and Pakeha occupation of New Zealand. Along the way he'll debunk myths, solve riddles and shed new light on our collective beginnings. Investigating ancient immigrant communities and prehistoric natural disasters, What Lies Beneath will bring a whole new perspective to New Zealand's past.
