Adventure Golf – New Zealand
Adventure Golfer Ian Cross travels to New Zealand, where there are more sheep and golf courses per capita than anywhere else in the world.
Starting his trip up in the North Island, Ian heads to the course at Cape Kidnappers, a peninsula named by Captain Cook. The most stunning hole on the course is Pirate’s Plank, built on a ridge stretching out in to the Pacific Ocean. If your ball doesn’t stay on the fairway, it’s lost forever in Hawkes Bay.
Ian visits the nearby town of Napier, which has some of the best art deco architecture in the world, and checks out a 1930’s hotel before venturing to the local winery to help out and, of course, sample the vintage.
Next it’s Rotorua Golf Club, where Ian plays a round with ex-All Black’s player Mark Irwin. The hazards on this course include a huge thermal crater and bubbling mud pools. After the round, Ian visits a local Maori centre and learns about the ancient tradition of wood carving.
On the South Island, extreme sports are the name of the game, with golf serving as a relief, a slower pace of life for the local sportsman. Millbrook Resort is the course of choice, and with the back drop of the Remarkables Mountain Range, Ian teams up with Ben Gally, a local pro who’s just one step away from the PGA tour.
Afterwards he joins a river safari on the Dart River, where he checks out some of the spectacular locations used in the Lord of the Rings filming. Director Peter Jackson capitalised on the same incredible scenery that gives rise to the incredible courses in this episode of Adventure Golf.
Credits
Presenter
IAN CROSS
With Special Thanks to
AIR NEW ZEALAND + logo
With thanks to
ALPHA DOMUS
ARIKIKAPAKAPA GOLF CLUB ROTORUA
ART DECO SOCIETY NAPIER
CAPE KIDNAPPERS GOLF RESORT
COBDEN VILLA NAPIER
DART RIVER SAFARIS
DESTINATION ROTORUA
HAWKE’S BAY INC
MILLBROOK GOLF RESORT
PARK HERITAGE HOTEL, ROTORUA
TE AWA WINERY
SCENIC CIRCLE TE PANIA HOTEL, NAPIER
TE PUIA ROTORUA
THE BEST OF GOLF NEW ZEALAND
TOURISM NEW ZEALAND
Stills photography courtesy of
THE HAWKE’S BAY CULTURAL TRUST
Titles and Graphics
BIG SQUID
Title Music
MICHAEL CONN
Additional Music
MICHAEL CONN
DANIEL PEMBERTON
THE INSECTS
COLIN WINSTON-FLETCHER
JON WYGENS
Facilities
EDIT STORE
THE VOICE & MUSIC COMPANY
On Line Editor
KATIE KEMP
Dubbing Mixer
JOEL BALDWIN
Editor
GARY MILLER
Production Accountants
RIAZ HOODA
MICHELE LONERGAN
Production Assistant
LUKE THOMPSON
Researcher
KATIE RICHARDS
Production Co-ordinator
AMISHA SOLANKI
Post Production Manager
LIZ RICHARDS
Production Manager
MEL MOORE
Sound
JOHN McNICHOLAS
TONY PARKINSON
Camera
SCOTT WELSH
Producer
LUCY DAVIE
Series Produced & Directed by
PETER WISDOM
Executive Producer
IAN CROSS
Produced by
Pilot Film & Television Productions
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