In First Crossings two modern-day adventurers retrace the steps of New Zealand's great explorers, bringing those intrepid journeys to life in today's world. Dressed in the clothes of the day and using the equipment used by those explorers, Jamie and Keven discover how tough those people must have been, and showcase New Zealand's magnificent scenery and back country along the way.
Director, John Hagen. Producers, Greg Heathcote and Emma White for Warner Bros International TV Production and TVNZ One.
In this episode Kevin and Jamie follow the path of early explorer- surveyors Charlie Douglas and Gerhard Meuller as they attempt to survey South Westland for the first time.
Kevin and Jamie take to New Zealand's incredible undersea world to discover the incredible lengths underwater explorer Kelly Tarlton took to 'liberate' treasure from the wreck of the Elingamite at The Three Kings Islands some 50 kilometres north of New Zealand