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Imagine a distant, extraordinary land.

Ruled by the impulses of mother nature.

Did you feel the earthquake here?

We thought we were going to meet the maker.

Really?

Where to survive at all means coexisting.

Alongside the extremes of the natural world.

- Power of the wind. - Yeah, baby!

Welcome to the south island of new Zealand...

It's pristine.

A singular escape...

On the other side of the planet.

- Yeah! - All right, hit it!

Here we go!

Yeah, baby.

Wellington...

A vibrant, artistic metropolis.

The southernmost capital city on the planet.

But I'm here because it's also the gateway.

To new zealand's majestic south island.

And after spending some time enamored by the people.

And the sights of the north island,

I'm hitting the ferry, and I'm heading south.

To experience one of the top riding destinations on earth.

So, have you been to new Zealand before?

- No, my first time! - Wow.

- Amazing. - That's Dylan mcdermott.

You might recognize him from "the practice,".

But to me, he's always going to be

"American horror story's" dr. Ben Harmon.

- I want to get a farm here. - Have you done farm life before?

I like to be away. I like to be in the woods.

- I agree. - You know?

I first met Dylan a few years back at a friend's wedding,

And it turns out he rides motorcycles,

So I hit him up to see if he was down.

For an off-the-grid escape.

After exploring wellington,

We'll park the bikes for a 100-kilometer boat ride.

Across cook strait to the south island.

Winding down the coastline to kaikoura,

We'll detour into sheep country.

Before meeting up with some local innovators.

In the city of Christchurch.

It's a three-day, 460-kilometer journey.

Through the south island, one of the most isolated.

Yet sublime corners of the world.

- Let's do it. - Let's grab a coffee.

Sure.

Hi! I'll have a kia or a with a little milk.

- Just an espresso for me. - Hey, I've seen you.

You're just pretty famous on vic deals?

- Have you seen the page? - Seen the what?

- What's flick gills? - So...

Did I say that wrong, too? Gills?

- It sounds like you swallowed the word. - No.

You're going to have to have subtitles for this episode.

Yeah. Totally. Vic deals?

- Yeah, vic deals. - What is that?

Vic deals.

You mean like a goofy meme? Is it that stupid one where I'm crying?

- No, no. - Never cry on camera.

Everywhere, like an ass.

Meh!

Like, "I don't want to wake up today."

"And go to school, mom." meh!

"I lost my driver's license." meh!

You're just like, "damn, I hate the internet!"

I know! Why? Why?

- It's so terrible. I had even a worse one. - You had a worse one?

- Yeah. It was called "crybating." - "crybating."

It was crying and masturbating at the same time.

That's kind of cool, actually. I kind of like that!

- I'm just going to check on your coffee. - Yeah, now you're blushing!

You're blushing.

- What was this for? - "American horror story."

- Which was awesome, by the way. - Thank you.

But Ryan Murphy, just being in his sphere,

His world, you get to do so many crazy things.

It must be fun to come back and play different characters on the same show.

- Yeah. Yeah, it's a lot of fun. - On our show,

Like, someone comes out of the makeup trailer,

And they have some big cut, you're like, "damn."

- Yeah. - "How did you get that?"

"Who'd you pay off to get the cool cut," you know?

- Two coffees. - There you go.

- Nice to meet you, by the way. - No worries.

- You guys are dope! - Yeah, you're awesome.

- Ka kite? Is that a new word? - Yeah. It means goodbye.

No. Yeah, that's goodbye.

- Ka kite. - Or say "chur."

- Cheer up! - Like, c-h-u-r.

Ka kite, I'm out. Chur.

How'd you get into motorcycles? When did you first start riding?

In new york, actually, I got this little Honda.

What was it, a rebel?

I think it was even smaller.

- Wow. - But it was bad ass.

It was like a hairdryer.

Here we go.

This is your next show.

- Swinging. - Swing.

I know you do a lot of movies, too,

- But do you like tv better... - Yes.

Or you like movies better?

I mean, it's kind of all the same now, isn't it?

In the '90s, television,

That was a signal that your movie career was failing.

Yeah. If someone got a tv show, you'd go,

- "that's okay. Keep trying." - poor, poor guy.

Did you always want to be an actor or...?

My dad's third wife was eve ensler,

Who wrote "the vagina monologues."

She was the first person.

Who said, "you should be an actor."

You just need that one person to believe in you in life...

- Yeah. - And she was that person.

And now you're a huge success.

The thing about show business is that.

The good news is people know you.

- The bad news is... - They're sick of you.

People know you.

Right. That's true. I hear you.

- A tear-jerker. - It felt good to be on a swing.

Yeah, that was fun.

- All right, you ready, Freddy? - Let's do it!

Look at this weird round building.

Like, what is that? It's like mordor.

This one? I know!

And look to the left. Like...

That's awesome!

Before we leave the north island,

A quick stop to fuel up.

The Maori, the indigenous people of this country,

Have long believed in a synergy between nature and humanity.

So we're off to meet a chef.

Who's bringing back the lost art of living off the land.

I'm excited to meet this lady.

They do, like, a... a foraging thing.

I can't wait!

This is pretty through here.

Yeah, it's nice!

- Hi. I'm Norman. - Monique.

Nice to meet you, Monique. How much stuff do you gather?

Just whatever you can put in your backpack?

Yeah, what we usually do, as a team, is we'll go foraging,

And we'll grab a whole bunch of stuff.

I have a bunch of backpacks and a few extra bags.

After several years at top new york city restaurants,

Monique fiso returned home to her Maori roots.

Her spot, hiakai, or "hungry" in Maori,

Specializes in traditional ingredients.

That you don't find in a local grocery store.

Today, we're just going to collect a few little things,

Cook a few bits and bobs.

- It's so peaceful in here. - Yeah, it really is.

Well, I grew up not far from here.

We used to just come for walks here,

And I never really, like, thought of it.

As, like, a food source.

Right.

But we have a lot of really interesting plants.

That do very fascinating things and have very unique flavors.

That, like, they can only be, um, experienced here,

Which I think is the important thing about.

What we do at the restaurant is just showing kiwis.

That there is a lot to new Zealand cuisine.

- Yeah. - We're gonna go get the supple jack.

- Let's forage. - Let's do it.

- Are we coming down with you? - All right.

You're coming down with me.

- Supple jack. - I've seen applejacks.

Is that the same?

So, on these vines...

- Yeah. - The young shoots are edible.

We're just gonna break it off.

Yeah. I would have never thought to eat that.

If you feel that, it's, like, super-tender.

- Yeah. - And you can eat them raw.

- Go ahead, eat it, Norman. - Do I peel it or just eat it?

Just

you're not going to die.

Yeah, it tastes like exactly like it looks.

Kind of like asparagus. Yeah.

- Kind of like asparagus. - It does. Yeah.

So we'll take that back with us.

What I want is a few pieces of pickle pickle.

- Pickle pickle. - So, if you see, like, a spiral pattern.

I've found us one, though.

- That's not spirally! - It's spirally. It's a little...

- No, it's not! - It's gone the wrong way.

- You can... yeah. - Like this? Okay, I see.

This plant's very delicious.

Yeah, right?

The Maori have always been very protective of the environment.

And particularly where their food comes from.

They are definitely looking after the future generations.

It's all about treating your land with respect.

And looking after it.

- This is the coolest thing ever. - So this is the supple jack vine,

So we'll just use the tender shoots on it.

Um, and then there's the pickle pickle.

Some leaves.

I think that will do us for a quick snack.

That's incredible.

My god, that is really good.

- Magnifique. Wow. - Yeah, this is awesome.

Can do a lot off the back of a truck.

Last bite for the chef.

Yeah, this is great.

Thank you for this. This was awesome.

- No worries. - What a pleasure. - Thank you so much.

- So great. - Thanks, guys.

Bye-bye.

Bye! Thank you!

- That fish was awesome. - Amazing.

I love a person that can live off the land. You know what I mean?

Hell, yeah. I would love to live like that, man.

Now with our stomachs satisfied,

It's time to leave the north island behind.

Cook strait.

The narrow yet hostile stretch of sea.

Separating the two main islands of new Zealand.

These waters are some of the most dangerous in the world,

And with no roadways linking the north and the south,

Over a million people rely on this three-hour voyage.

Each year.

- Wow, we're on a boat! - Yeah, bro.

Man, a cruise ship. They scare me.

Yeah. I was on one of those with 5,000 "walking dead" fans.

- Yeah, that is crazy. - I did a ton of those conventions.

When "the walking dead" first started.

- Right. Right. - This is wild!

I feel like we're in Berlin, going to a rave or something.

Look at this.

This is awesome up here!

I mean, we're hauling ass right now!

Right?

I just felt that. Did you feel that right there?

Felt a little wob. A little wob-wob.

I'm so glad I took that Dramamine. Oof!

How fast do you think we're going right now?

About 20 knots. What is a knot?

- I don't know, what is a knot? - Did you take a Dramamine?

I did, yeah.

I'm waiting for the seasickness to kick in, like.

Yeah? Like how you feeling?

Yeah, that's about it for me.

This is just beautiful, Dylan?

Where's Dylan? Did he jump? I think he jumped.

Have you guys seen Dylan? Have you guys seen Dylan?

No? All right.

Have you seen, my friend Dylan?

He's, like, handsome, he's chiseled, he's got short hair.

No?

I found him! He's in here.

Hi, Dylan. He's trying to shoo us away.

This is "American horror story" right here.

Get away from the window, guys. Get away from the window.

Okay. I'm... I'm sorry, sir. I'm sorry, sir.

Okay. All right. All right.

Well, you know, you take a guy on a trip,

You know, all the way to new Zealand...

All right, I'm getting seasick.

Five seasons, over 5,000 miles on the road,

And not one single sick day taken.

But 10 minutes swaying on a ferry,

And, yeah, we're both out for the count.

Look at these mountains! Whoo!

My god, this is little!

- It's fun, right? - So fun.

We've never been pulled over before!

Everyone, stay on your bikes.

The cook strait is an unpredictable waterway.

Pummeled by new zealand's famous winds.

Dude, where's Dylan at?

And with our sea legs finally back under us...

That's nice.

Dylan and I are ready to give this boat thing another try.

- Crazy. - This is the right here.

- How you feeling? - Thank god we took that Dramamine.

This is the dude, look at that spot.

- Come on! This is gorgeous! - Look at these trees.

- I mean, it's pristine. You know? - Yeah, right.

- Yeah, this is paradise. - It's heaven, man.

You know, you think about how much time you have left here.

And where you want to spend it, you know?

This is where you want to move, right here.

This is what I'm after, something like this.

Yeah, right?

I love it. I could do this.

- Yeah. - Coming into civilization now.

- Whoo! That was awesome. - Look at these mountains!

Everything's so lush here. Like, really green!

Even this is all beautiful!

Valley of dead trees right here. This is awesome!

- It's like a sculpture garden. - There we go.

- Blenheim... that's where we're headed. - Blenheim.

The south island, we have our own little bit of paradise.

We've got the mountains. We've got the rivers.

We have the best biking roads.

We got clean air blowing past.

A lot of farming. A lot of sheep.

See a lot more sheep than they do humans.

Nicest people in the world. What else do you need?

Before the south island sun sets on our first day,

We're going to find some locals and wind down with a nightcap.

- Should we check this place out? - Yeah.

- Whoa, look at this! - This is cool!

Very cool!

I'm going to take a picture of slash and send it to slash.

Ha! Lookit, yo... kangaroo.

- Is this your spot? - Yeah.

- Nice to meet you, man. - How's it going? How you doing?

You named all your roadkill?

You got to, you know, give them a story.

So, what's the story with this place?

This is my solution.

To working too hard in the big city, I suppose.

Nice.

Yeah.

Are you from up north, like Auckland area?

Yeah, Auckland. Complete opposite of here.

- Little bit more laid-back. - You ride, too?

- Are these yours? - Totally, yeah.

Grew up on dirt bikes. Yeah.

- This thing, my god, is enormous! - It's a monster.

Can you show us back here? Are we allowed to go back there?

Yeah, I'll show you around.

Essentially, just a creative space.

Do you restore all the bikes yourself?

My whole background's engineering and mechanical,

So moving from the city down to a small town,

I wanted somewhere where I could still hobby away.

- The bar pays the bills. - It's a great hobby space.

Yeah. It's my little happy space.

I feel like it gets a little rowdy down here.

I feel like there's some rowdiness.

It's pretty under control...

- Yeah. - You know, before 10:00.

Right, right, right.

We've decided to be the adults in the room.

And call it an early night.

Tomorrow, we travel deeper into the south island.

- Sweet little town. - Yeah, right?

What's your favorite place to ride bikes?

It may be here. I'll let you know at the end.

Waking up in Blenheim, it's the sunshine capital of new Zealand,

But with those looming clouds,

We picked a good day to skip town.

So, where's your place in new york, in Chelsea?

I mean, I grew up there. Interesting way to grow up as a kid, let me tell you.

I used to wait on john Belushi. I used to bus his tables.

- That's awesome. - You know, all the actors.

Did he pull out a samurai sword and cut the table in half?

It's a 150-kilometer ride down highway 1,

Straddling the pacific shoreline.

Into the coastal town of kaikoura.

South island is a motorcycle enthusiast's dream,

With some of the most jaw-dropping views in the world.

Before setting off, we're going to meet a local expert.

Who's going to lead the way.

Beatnik. I did a movie called "beatnicks."

No one saw it but me.

- Good morning! - Welcome, guys! I'm mike.

- Nice to meet you, dude. - Nice to meet, Norman.

- Yeah, love this place. - Yeah. Thanks for that.

It's a bit of a labor of love.

- Right. What do you do here exactly? - So, we create,

Custom tours and rentals, on motorcycles.

And then help people not only have.

A great experience on the bike and see the great scenery,

But integrate some other cool things to do, as well.

- That's amazing. - I mean, are you from here?

I'm Canadian. My wife is born in new Zealand.

- Why did you choose new Zealand? - We were living in Dubai,

- And, we'd been there for years. - In Dubai! Wow!

I was in a kind of a corporate job,

Getting really burnt out.

It was a really tough industry at that time.

And we decided to figure out what it is we wanted to do,

And oddly enough, we ended up in this...

This little town at the top of the south island.

It was all about the riding.

So, we wanted to be able to be on a bike.

And be in amazing riding within five minutes,

Which you can do here in any direction you go.

So, what's the ride you're going to take us on?

Today, we're going to head south, along the coast.

Down to a place called kaikoura.

It's a bit of a nostalgia ride for me.

When we first opened up, the road down to kaikoura.

Had actually been closed for a while because of the earthquake,

So it was... they were... earthquake came through here?

Yeah, here in this town wasn't too bad,

But, kaikoura, where you're going and that,

It was almost isolated for a certain amount of time.

It's shocking when you see the... the... the power.

Mother nature's a mother.

- Yeah. - Yeah. - Let's do it.

- This is pretty through here. - Yeah, it's so beautiful. Wow.

It's like they're made out of, like, velvet.

What's the difference between the north and the south?

Well, the north is...

It's got kind of a higher population,

So the infrastructure, the roads are a little more prominent,

Whereas the south, it's just kind of that much more rugged,

The mountains are that much taller, the scenery's...

Just everything's a little bigger and grander.

- Down here in the south. - Ooh, I smell those sheep!

- That's beautiful. - Run!

- I see the ocean over there! - Yeah, here we go, boys.

- Whoo! - I mean, this is stunning.

- Absolutely stunning. - Look up on the hill on your right.

Do you see all the dirt where there's no vegetation?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's all slid from the earthquake.

- Wow! - My god! You're kidding! Whoa!

So, off on your left, you can see where that massive landslide.

Has come down, and that was one of the major spots.

- Where they had to fix, as well. - That is huge!

Two minutes and twenty seconds.

In 2016, that's all mother nature needed.

To forever reshape this island,

As a 7.8 earthquake.

Violently thrust the earth up from the ocean.

80,000 landslides ensued, leveling homes and roads.

And sweeping the main railway into the sea.

New Zealand has always been...

Had some trouble with earthquakes.

We are right on the middle of two tectonic plates.

It's something that we live with all our lives.

It can happen anywhere, any time.

It's just the world we live in.

So this years ago, and they're still rebuilding it,

Just to show what a huge project it is.

Life in the south island is defined by its remoteness,

But sometimes a place's appeal becomes its burden.

The people who live here seem to have made peace.

With that tradeoff.

So, there's a good pull-out up here.

You can see the seals down laying on the rocks.

Yeah!

I did see some.

Yeah.

- What? - Are you kidding me?

Seals... that's so awesome.

- If I was a seal, I'd live right here. - Yeah, man. Look at this spot.

- It's a good spot, right? - Yeah, right?

Look at this guy down in this little pool swimming around.

- Yeah. - There's a few of them down there.

Yeah. You guys are so lazy, all of you.

I think we need to get a selfie with the seals, guys.

Awesome.

You live in a pretty part of the world.

- We're pretty blessed. - What a pleasure to meet you.

- What an honor to meet you guys. - Yeah.

Thank you for, taking time to ride with us and...

Dude, you're awesome. Yeah.

All right, man, thank you so much for your time.

- Yeah, that mike was a good guy. - Yeah.

I just want to go down there and take a nap with those seals.

It took nearly 14 months,

But thanks to ingenuity and a little resilience,

Today the road through kaikoura is open for travel.

- What great roads to ride on. - Whoo!

Whoo!

I got to say, this might put pch to shame right here.

Yeah. It's just spectacular.

Every time you round a corner, it's just breathtaking.

Yeah. Truly.

We're headed to the hills for some off-road adventure,

But turns out.

The joke's on us.

Yikes.

Yeah, it's going to rain.

It's starting to rain a little. My glasses are all wet.

Been through it all on this trip, let me tell you.

Rain, sleet, highways,

Falling rocks, earthquakes.

The only thing we didn't tackle on this show was snow.

Wait a second.

At least it's pretty.

Whoa. This is amazing.

For generations, the lifeblood of the new Zealand economy.

Has been farming, but today,

Old family farms are finding new life through other means.

- Hello. - How are you?

- I'm good. I'm Norman. Hi. - Hi. Alistair's my name.

- Nice to meet you Alistair. - Hello.

- So this is your spread right here. - It is, yes.

- Well, how long you had this for? - Three generations.

- Wow. - So you just got it.

Yes.

Yeah, no, my grandparents got it in the early 1900s.

So we're going to do the utv tour.

- All right, cool. I'm excited, yeah. - Let's go. Good job. Okay.

- Is that your kitty-cat? - That's one of them.

Yeah, yeah, we can give you three.

- No, I got a cat. - My cat's an ass.

He would be so mad at me. Here, I'll sit in the back.

- Dylan, jump in the front. - Wow.

Hey, Alistair, am I going to barf?

- Is there a barf bag in here somewhere? - Right in the middle.

My dog likes to go in here when he throws up.

In the console.

Yeah, this is where... where all the business happens.

- Here we go, guys. - I'm scared.

Man, all the mud's hitting me back here.

Wow, look how pretty this is!

Whoo! Alistair!

You do have a really nice piece of property, Alistair.

That was the greatest thing ever.

That was awesome. That was so fun.

- Can I drive? - No.

- Let me drive. - No. Definitely not.

- Let me, Alistair. - Not likely.

- Not likely. - I demand you let me drive.

- Right, Alistair? - Yeah, no, no, no.

Do you want to hop out, guys, and have a look around?

Wow, this is great.

Careful.

- How big is this place you got? - 1,600 acres.

- My gerd. - Your gardener bill must be enormous.

Wow, what do you do with all this property?

- Like, how do you maintain it? - Sheep... sheep and beef.

- So you have cows, too? - Yep, and tourism.

Tourism's a big, big... I mean, because of the landscape.

Yep. It's a big thing.

For new Zealand. It's a big, big thing, yep.

Yeah.

- Did you feel the earthquake here? - What, the kaikoura one?

- Yeah. Is that... is that the big one? - Yep.

The fault line is just... Just over the hill here.

- Wow. - We were pretty much sitting on top of it.

We thought we were going to meet the maker.

Really?

It was horrendous. Absolutely horrendous.

You can hear it coming, coming through the hills.

You could hear it jumping a series of faults,

And then it hits the house... bang.

Bang. Bang.

You could hear everything just destroying itself.

I never really think of earthquakes as something you can hear.

- They are really noisy. - That's crazy.

You get a big one like that, they are really, really noisy.

Yeah. Definitely look at the landscape.

- Completely different, especially... - You should.

Look at the whole earth different after that.

Yeah.

Our planet gives, but it also takes away,

And seeing it's power up close, you begin to understand.

The respect given to it by a people isolated.

In their far-off corner of the world.

Thank you for having us. This is awesome here.

Don't mention it.

Thank you, Alistair.

Japan is the land of the rising sun,

But thanks to the earth's tilt, every morning, new zealanders.

Are the first to welcome the incoming day.

But on day three, it's just a relief.

That there's finally sun to wake up to.

This is the best part. This is my wake-up right here.

Yeah. It's nice to wake up like this?

First ride in the morning is my favorite.

You know what's cool about riding?

When you can get into the zone of not thinking.

I spend most of my day not thinking.

Look at those mountains up ahead.

Wow! This is just stunning!

Leaving kaikoura, we're on a 96-kilometer ride southwest.

To the hills of hurunui, straight into sheep country.

- Ooh, I smell those sheep. - I love it.

The grass is always growing in new Zealand,

Grass for pasturage on which sheep can feed.

It's from it's animal products.

That much of new zealand's income is derived.

New Zealand originally was a dairy and sheep country.

It identifies us as a nation.

Basically, yeah, we've got sheep everywhere.

I've put on my snow gear.

Yeah, what's all this for?

Well, every time we do a scene and there's wild animals,

And then I smell them on the airplane home.

- I see. - But not this time.

So what do you guys do up here? It's a sheep farm, right?

Yeah. We've got merino sheep that grow this beautiful wool.

A good sort of product that we are producing, so...

How long have you been doing this here?

I've been here all my life.

Yeah, we're about fourth generation, so...

- Fifth. - Fifth.

No, he said who... who does all the work here, he said?

Yeah, you got flip-flops on.

- Yeah. - Who is this guy? What's his name?

- That's Kate. - She's a beauty.

Wow!

And they're loud, and they're robust.

Do they herd the sheep?

- Mia, Jess. Mia. - Whoa!

My god. That's amazing.

Mia!

Set.

- My god, she can hear you. - Jess, come back. Jess, come back.

I can't even get my cat to not pee on the couch.

Like, how do you do this?

That's where you're going wrong. You got a cat.

Well, that's... that's the first mistake.

Will the dog take command from anyone else?

Just sing out, "mia" and see what happens.

- What's "mia" mean? - Another word for "here," sort of thing.

- You know? Like "come here." - can I say it?

- Yeah, well, try it. - Mia!

- Just say, "mia, Jess." - mia, Jess.

- Nothing. - Oi.

- Mia, Jess. - Jess, come on.

- Shish kabob. - Jess, come on?

- Jess, come on. - Jess, come on.

Through.

Mia.

Jess, come on.

We've sort of gone back, tracking to 1884,

So that's when the farm, came into the family.

It's all about, um, sort of living off the land.

So, these guys will be out.

Grazing in the fields all their life.

And there's a huge demand for merino wool.

And, obviously, sustainable products at the moment.

It's cool to be a part of that bigger story, as well.

- Well, do you guys want to come help? - Yeah, what do we do?

And now you can stop.

This might work with my cat.

- This farm life, bro, this is you. - I'm telling you,

- This is me, right? - See if you can get the hang of this.

So this is where we, um... when we're gonna shear the sheep.

Well, this is what you... You end up doing, like that.

But then you take all the bits and pieces that are no good.

- How do you know what's good? - So that... so these are...

- So this is the good stuff? - Yeah.

Yeah. Well, that's... That's... that's the length.

You want and things like that, so...

This is a lot longer, and that's a bit shorter.

It's so soft.

The best wool goes into making the high-end leisurewear,

And we produce some of the best in the world.

- Thank you so much for this. - Okay.

- No, it's been great having you. - Yeah, this is very informative.

- Nice to meet you. Thanks man. - No worries. Pleasure.

- Safe travels. - What is the kiwi attitude?

- Give it a go. Give it a go. - Give it a go.

Whoo!

- Power of the wind. - Yeah, baby!

Are you guys supposed to be in school?

Yeah. Okay.

What is that? What does that mean?

Education outside the classroom.

- What are you learning right now? - Um, Rollerblade.

- To Rollerblade. - Really?

Do you want some help? You want me to help you?

Okay.

- You got it? - Go, Lauren.

Come on, we got this.

So this is a class at school?

- Yeah. - Yeah. - How lucky are you guys?

- Yeah, what a great class. - If you fall down, do you fail?

- Yeah. No. No. - You're doing really well, though.

- There's some more people. - You're kind of kicking butt.

- Right now, all of you. - There, yeah.

- There's your friends. - Hey, we're doing.

Way better than you guys.

You're holding on to the trash cans.

- We're doing great! - We'll let you go.

- Bye, guys. - Bye.

They all went down.

C-minus, c-minus. And they're safe.

In new Zealand, the only thing stronger.

Than the accents is the wind.

There's that wind. Whoo!

Whoa, that wind is crazy. Whoo!

Holy.

Wow!

Yeah, that's windy.

Now we got sprinklers.

Pissed all over me.

From hurunui, we're in the home stretch.

A final 84-kilometer ride to Christchurch.

The south island wind is no joke,

But sculptor Phil price knows a thing or two.

About how to wrangle it.

- Hey. - Hey.

- How's it going? Hi. I'm Norman. - Hello.

Norman, I'm Phil. Nice to meet you -nice to meet you, Phil.

- Phil. I'm Dylan. How are you? - I'm very well.

For over 20 years, he's been harnessing its power.

And turning it into art.

Phil's the most innovative, kinetic sculptor today,

And he's also a vintage motorcycle enthusiast.

We keep sculptures, and I keep asking if they're yours.

Yeah, well, they've got a look.

- Are they all wind. - Wind.

- They're all wind. Okay. - Yeah, yeah. Wind and simple, you know?

Is it fiberglass? What is it? Metal?

Well, I've started making them out of carbon fiber.

Well, you know, like, just to get the

'cause carbon's real light, you know, and it's...

You can make any shape you want, you know, and, um...

- This is great. - So I just... yeah, just...

It's... it's a more natural movement.

It's more like ballet.

No motors, no brakes.

Just wind and balance and form.

There's another one further down which is...

This is amazing.

This is a kind of a thing that I call it a tree.

- Can I touch it? - For sure, yeah, yeah.

- No, they're resilient. - And they all move?

- Yeah, yeah, so it's... - Wow.

I think this one's got like 20

20-something moving parts, and so...

- That's so light. - Yeah.

- Wow. - So when it gets a bit of a breeze,

- It starts going, and. - - -It's... it's really...

- It's got this molecular sort of... - Yeah.

- Yeah. - It's great.

I'm surprised you don't do a whole theme park.

Yeah, really. Now, what about weather?

Well, they're made to be outside.

I mean, I've had these out in the field.

For, well, 20 years, and they still go.

So...

What a beautiful bike.

I was interested in motorbikes.

Far before I was interested in making mechanical sculptures.

These are beautiful. What are these?

These are velocettes, which are English.

This thing's been around the isle of man.

At 92 mile and hour.

Not bad for a 250?

You are really into form and shape.

What's it sound like?

- Can you turn it on? - Hey, we'll start one.

- Give us a push, Norman. - Yeah, for sure.

What? Wow! It's so,

It's... it's so throaty, you can feel it in your ribcage.

- That's racing. - Wow!

Can the three of us get on?

Dude, this is crazy.

I like being this low, like the...

- You look perfect on that bike. - I love it.

Dude, this is beautiful. You have a great life. Yeah.

Yeah, you do. Such a pleasure to meet you guys.

- Thank you so much. - Thanks for letting me ride your bike.

- Have a good one, man. - See you later.

What are you thinking, Dylan? Are you loving it?

- He's so talented. - And supercool.

Right?

Yeah, I was a fan of his the minute I met him.

I see the ocean over there.

Dylan, what is blokarting exactly?

- Have you ever done this? - I don't know what that is.

So many fricking activities in this country.

Yeah.

It's incredible what you can do with a lot of wind.

And a little imagination,

And in new Zealand, there is an abundance of both.

From bungee jumping to jet boating.

To zip lining and zorbing,

Kiwis are famous for their daredevil antics.

It's no wonder this is the birthplace of adventure sports.

Hi. I'm ian.

- I'm Norman. Nice to meet you, man. - Norman, nice to meet you.

- How are you? Dylan. - Dylan, hi. Good to meet you.

Hello, ian.

Nice to meet you. What's going on out here?

This is a little, kiwi invention.

That was developed by a new zealander.

By the name of Paul Beckett about 20 years ago.

Let me ask you, is it... It's really windy right now.

Is this good for this or horrible?

Yeah, we... we... we ordered this one for you.

So this is exactly what you want, right here?

Yeah. Perfect.

Why do you think these extreme sports.

Get invented in new Zealand?

- It's just the kiwi attitude, isn't it? - Yeah.

What is the kiwi attitude?

- Give it a go. Give it a go. - Give it a go.

- Give it a go. - Have a try.

And then just head down towards the right there a little bit.

This is awesome.

Ha ha ha! Whoo!

Whoo-hoo! Yeah, now we got some speed going.

Wow, dude, I'm flying on this thing right now.

Power of the wind.

- Two wheels. - Did you see that.

This mother playing chicken with me.

Hoo!

Yeah, baby!

- Let's have a race. - Okay. Let's go, punk.

- You want some of this blue sail? - You want to play? Let's play!

Come on!

Ooh!

Coming to get you now.

Hey!

- Hey! - Are you trying to kill me?

Crazy Dylan in full effect over here.

Whoo!

Whoo!

Yeah, it's totally insane. My god.

I found my calling.

I'm a blokartist.

Who went faster?

I think I did, right?

I got up on two wheels.

Yeah, but I was going so much faster than you.

Were you? It's 'cause you're heavier than me.

That's fun, though. That was really awesome.

- You did really well. That was awesome. - Yeah.

Thank you so much. I love it.

Now you're wearing what's called the blokart grin.

So, yeah.

Like the joker grin a little, you know?

Yeah, it was great. Thank you so much.

- All right. - That was awesome.

With perfectly windswept hair,

We're ready to head into the heart of Christchurch.

To see what the city is all about.

- New zealand's great. - It really is.

Christchurch is such a crazy name to me.

Yeah.

It sounds so powerful.

It does, doesn't it?

That's his sculpture.

Yeah, that is his sculpture. You're right.

That's his sculpture right there.

You're totally right. Just beautiful.

The push and pull of nature is all too familiar.

To most new zealanders,

And Christchurch is no exception.

It's still rebuilding from a 2011 earthquake.

That demolished almost 80% of the city center.

Despite the number it did on infrastructure,

The city's spirit remains intact,

And we're stopping at a spot where that's on full display.

There it is.

I like the name... smash palace.

That's cool.

- How's it going? Hello. - Welcome.

- Nice to meet you. Dylan. - Nice to meet you, too.

- Hi, Norman. How you doing? - This is griffin,

- I've told you, my German shepherd. - This is a great place.

- You have here. - I do.

I used to have two white German shepherds.

- What a beauty. - He's a really cool dog.

- Like a wolf. - Yeah, yeah, he's like a wolf.

Wow!

He's a big, mellow guy. Well, welcome, guys.

- Welcome to Christchurch. - Yeah, thanks for having us.

- Yeah, thanks for coming. - This place reminds me.

- Of, like, Berlin or something. - We'll take that.

- Copenhagen or something. - That's a compliment.

What's the story with this place? Like...

Smash palace is my bar with, um, Greg, my brother-in-law.

Who's in here working on the bar.

We had a bar next door to here,

And that fell over in the Christchurch earthquake,

So 2011.

Well, funnily enough, the building stood up,

But the building next door fell on top of it, and so,

Apart from the building on top of it, it was fine.

- Yeah. - Um, and then when that fell over,

We decided we were going to stay in Christchurch.

- And keep doing bars. - Man.

Every Thursday, we have, you know, 50, 100 bikes up here.

Sort of a whole thing's grown out of it.

New Zealand in the '70s, you weren't allowed.

To import much stuff, and so everyone.

Made everything themself, and so...

- Is that right? - Yeah, a real homemade.

Sort of style of bikes here.

- I would love to see you ride that. - My, god, can we?

- That is the coolest thing ever. - That's crazy.

- Yeah! - I'll take it.

O-m-g. My god, this is little.

Where do you put your feet? Here we go.

It's so tiny.

What? Oi!

Look at the kickstand.

That's so weird looking. I love it. It's fun right?

- So fun. - Thank you for that. That was cool.

That's all right.

This is going to be messy, I can feel it.

- Cool town. - It is a cool town.

- Right? - Yeah.

New Zealand has everything.

- Yeah. - You know?

I mean, really has everything.

The people are nice, the land is rich.

So many activities. Everybody drives a motorcycle.

- There's a lot of activities. - A lot of activities.

The only downside is it's so far away.

That's the only downside.

Well, I think that's maybe the upside because...

- It could be, yeah. - Otherwise, everybody would be here.

- That's true. - Right?

Are you going to do it?

Are you really thinking about it?

I'm going to do some more research.

- But I like it. - I can see you here.

All this activity makes you hungry.

- Yeah. It does. - Right?

You're right.

Take a trip to new Zealand,

And it isn't long before you're under it's spell.

Maybe it's the laid-back vibe.

- Let's go look at the fireworks. - Let's do it.

Bro, we just... we started a motorcycle club.

This gets weirder and greater and awesomer.

- Right? - Love it.

Christchurch cavalry.

Perhaps it's the realization that you can always.

Find your people no matter how far you are from home,

But for me, the true essence of this place.

Can be found outside of that.

You might want to hold that thought.

Is this us?

That's a first.

We've never been pulled over before.

- Really? - Never. This is a first.

Everyone stay on your bikes.

- Okay. - There's families and kids and that.

Absolutely. Absolutely.

All right, cool.

All right, now, where was I?

Right.

And, in a way, a reminder.

That to coexist.

Demands, above all, respect.

- This is all for you, Dylan. - Unbelievable.

- Wow! - Whoa!

I got to say, Christchurch is cool.

- It is cool, right? - Yeah.

- Boom, boom, boom! - Wow!

- Dude, thank you for coming. - Bro...

Thanks so much, man. Thanks for everything.

Yeah, yeah.

While Dylan may or may not get his farm,

The last three days have been a lesson.

In the magnificence of this planet.

- That we won't soon forget. - Whoo!