Venture to the pristine wilderness of the Snares Islands, a remote animal sanctuary protected from the turbulent sea; hop along with a colony of Snares crested penguins, soar with giant petrels and sooty shearwaters, and roar with giant sea lions.

Join sea lions, albatrosses, red-billed gulls and fairy prions on New Zealand's Otago Peninsula as they find mates and nurture the next generation.

Te Tau Ihu/ Top the South: Traverse one the longest natural sandbars side-by-side with pilot whales, then swim amongst dolphins and fur seals through drowned river valleys.

Take a deep dive into the teeming waters of the Hauraki Gulf and swim alongside a stealthy manta ray, dolphins and a kaleidoscope of tropical fish.

Delve into the strange magic of the Three Kings Islands and swim with bottlenose dolphins, predatory orcas and short-tailed stingrays on the hunt.

Journey to the Cook Islands as 3,000 humpback whales get ready to mate and raise their young. Plus, get a glimpse into our evolutionary past.