Natural History Filming

Filming on Board Evohe

For more than three decades, Evohe has served as a filming platform for natural‑history documentaries, scientific expeditions, and broadcast productions across the Pacific, Subantarctic, and Antarctic regions. Below is a list of films and documentary projects shot from or supported by the vessel.

Major Documentary & TV Productions

• 1992 — Nomads of the Wind (BBC / WNET)
  Filming in the Marquesas and wider French Polynesia during Evohe’s circumnavigation.
  Programme page

• 1992 — Reef Fish, Where Have They All Gone? (TVNZ)
  Filmed across the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, Minerva Reef and the Kermadec Islands.
  No current programme link available.

• 1995 — Deep Blue: A South Pacific Odyssey (NHNZ / TVNZ)
  13‑part series filmed during a ten‑month voyage from New Zealand’s Subantarctic through the South Pacific aboard Evohe.
  NZ On Screen

• 1996–97 — The Lost Whales (NHNZ / Discovery Channel)
  Winter expedition to the Auckland and Campbell Islands documenting southern right whales.
  NZ On Screen

• 1998 — Menacing Waters (NHNZ)
  Filmed in Australia’s Northern Territory; Evohe listed as the filming platform.
  NZ Geographic

• 1998–99 — Serpents of the Sea / Sea Serpents (NHNZ)
  Sea‑snake documentary filmed at Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea.
  Archive.org

• 1999 — The Octopus’s Garden (NHNZ)
  Filmed around Stewart Island/Rakiura during an NHNZ charter aboard Evohe.
  NZ On Screen

• 2000 — The Aleutians: Cradle of the Storms (NHNZ / PBS)
  Four‑month filming expedition along the Aleutian chain.
  NZ Geographic

• 2001 — NHK Antarctic Film (title unconfirmed)
  Five‑week Antarctic Peninsula expedition with diving and aerial filming.

• 2002 — NHK Penguin Documentary (title unconfirmed)
  Midwinter filming expedition to the Auckland Islands.

• 2002 — Wild Australasia / Wild Down Under (BBC)
  Filming expedition to the Snares Islands supported by Evohe.
  YouTube playlist

• 2007 — Bluefin Tuna Documentary (NHNZ / Discovery Channel)
  Filmed in the Great Australian Bight from Evohe.

• 2011–12 — Our Blue Canoe (Pacific Voyagers)
  Evohe served as filming base and support vessel for seven traditional vaka on a trans‑Pacific voyage.
  YouTube

• 2014 — First Crossings: Subantarctic Filming (TVNZ)
  Filming expedition in the New Zealand Subantarctic with Evohe as support vessel.
  TVNZ