Kia Ora - Welcome to New Zealand! The well-known 3D photographer and filmmaker Stephan Schulz spent eight intensive months traveling by camper, kayak and on foot at the most beautiful end of the world.
He hiked through rainforests and over snow-covered mountain passes, scrambled up glaciers, paddled along beautiful coastlines and explored caves with their fossil treasures. On incredibly starry nights, he managed to film the kiwi - New Zealand's shy and nocturnal national bird - in the wild. Nature was so lavish here that he was repeatedly inspired to take aerial shots from helicopters, drones and even parachutes.

True treasures were also revealed to him underwater: He explored the coral-covered cliffs of the famous Milford Sound and ventured into the diversity of the kelp forests off the Poor Knight Islands. He also had a breathtaking encounter with a sperm whale - the largest predator in the world. And in Vanuatu, he dived a huge wreck that almost resembled the Titanic.
With all these natural treasures, Stephan Schulz also sheds light on critical topics such as the stranding of whales or environmental damage caused by introduced predators.

He also met some interesting people on his journey: He met sheep farmers who train their dogs to be true master helpers and accompanied Maori in a river sacred to them in search of the semi-precious stone jade.

Stephan Schulz's wanderlust extended even further afield to the South Pacific “environs” of New Zealand. He visited the animal paradises of the sub-Antarctic islands with their huge penguin colonies, elephant seals and albatrosses.

And he immersed himself in the exotic culture of the tropical South Pacific in Vanuatu. He visited descendants of cannibals and documented the Naghol festival where brave men throw themselves headfirst from a high tower in a breakneck tribal ritual. Secured only by lianas that they tie around their feet. And he looked into the hellish maw of an extremely active volcano from which lava is hurled out every few minutes with a deafening thunder. Immerse yourself in an overwhelming rush of 3D images - a vivid visual experience that is unique in the field of live reportage in the German-speaking world!

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