First Crossings: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

First Crossings honours New Zealand's early European explorers by telling the stories of five real and iconic expeditions that took place in the South Island of New Zealand between 1810 and 1909. Their stories are told by their modern-day contemporaries – Kevin Biggar and Jamie Fitzgerald which saw them not only follow in the footsteps of those early pioneers, but also recreate the hardest parts of their expeditions in almost complete historical detail – wearing the same clothes and footwear, using the same antiquated equipment and boats, and even eating the same food.

Series details

• Title: First Crossings
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-07-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-08-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 1
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27386
• TVDB ID: 260954

Cast and credited roles

• Kevin Biggar — Host
• Jamie Fitzgerald — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-07-24; final listed air date 2012-08-21.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-07-10; final listed air date 2013-08-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from First Crossings on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.