Wildtrack - Mount Cook National Park

Wildtrack was a long-running series that infected a generation of kids who grew up in the 80s and early 90s with enthusiasm for all-things native’n’natural. This 1991 Taylormade episode (neon-lit as ‘Wild T’) explores the mountain life of Aoraki-Mt Cook: from Māori myth, to cheeky kea and solar-powered butterflies. Peter Hayden presents from the studio with a homegrown HAL: Archie the computer. Future actor/director Katie Wolfe is the young cub in field: glacier-skiing, hanging from a crevasse, meeting Mt Cook School’s eight pupils, and hugging vegetable sheep.

I liked it because it was a legend and there are some keas up here [...] I reckon it’s 10 out of 10 Archie!

– Schoolkid Luke Burnier reviews Philip Temple's book, Legend of the Kea

Key Cast & Crew

Katie Wolfe

Presenter

Peter Young

Director

Peter Hayden

Producer, Presenter

Tim Bartlett

As: Archie the computer

Eric Derks

Camera

PG Mitchell

Sound