Darwin and Newts are back at it again! Through their fantastic escapades, discover and experiment with early learning science and engineering principles while exploring the natural wonders around their incredible home in New Zealand. Outdoor play, hands on experimentation and FUN are at the forefront as Darwin and Newts use their trike, zipline and waka to navigate their world and face each new challenge with imagination, perseverance and lots and lots of giggles.

Darwin wants to get big air on his BMX bike, so Heni and Newts help him practice! 

Darwin and Newts use balancing skills and teamwork when they have to take a shortcut home before it gets dark.

When Heni runs a dance for all the local animals, Darwin and Newts mind their babies and learn about their habitats and what they eat. 

Mirror Mirror 

When Darwin brings home a mirror, Kea sees her reflection and falls in love with her new friend.

Darwin and Newts go on an adventure to match a lost tooth to its owner.

Darwin and Newts are on a boogie-dancing mission to help a baby Bee find her way home. 

Kea’s bird bath keeps running out of water, and after investigating the problem, Darwin and Newts discover that the water is evaporating in the sun. 

Darwin and Newts build their own roller-coaster and learn how trains stay on track and how you can loop the loop.

Darwin and Newts are preparing their waka for summer, but when Wapiti turns up in a wheelchair, they have to find a way to make the waka more accessible.

When a Christmas Eve storm wrecks the festive preparations of Darwin Newts and Heni they remember how important their friendship is and work together to create a Christmas celebration that may not be perfect but is full of aroha. 

Darwin and Newts learn about star constellations when they go on a nighttime adventure with Wapiti and the other nocturnal creatures.

Darwin and Newts board the rocket ship Tuhura and explore the solar system, learning a little about each of the eight planets along the way.

 

Darwin and Newts try to find out where the Sun goes when it sets and learn what is really happening when the Sun “moves” across the sky.

Darwin, Newts and Heni compete in the Kiwifruit Valley Flower Show and have to get creative when things don’t go to plan.

While admiring the sea life in an ocean rock pool, Darwin & Newts discover that the water level is lowering. They try to stop the leak to save the creatures but learn that they did not need to worry.

A heavy sea fog rolls in while Darwin and Burpee are on the island, so Newts and Kea need to build a lighthouse to help them navigate the waka home.

Darwin and Newts build solar-powered lights to help them feed an injured kiwi in the forest.

Darwin, Newts and Heni compete in a river race using rubber band boats, but when Newts’ boat zooms off in the wrong direction, they have to work out why.

Darwin and Newts explore a cave system and discover there’s a whole other world underground, with a river, rock formations, and an array of amazing creatures.

Darwin and Newts solve the problem of finding out how far things are apart by using a balloon-camera to take an aerial photo.

When Darwin’s precious Toki goes missing, he and Newts become detectives for the day to find it.

Darwin and Newts turn their waka into an underwater submarine to have fun with their dolphin friend Opo.

When Heni leaves Newts to take care of her garden for a week, Darwin and Newts must figure out why some of the plants are not growing so well.

In a fierce cooking competition, Darwin and Newts learn about the importance of yeast in order to make things rise.

After a day of mud sliding, Darwin, Newts and Heni have to problem solve when heavy rain endangers some of the Kiwifruit Valley creatures.

Darwin & Newts learn about the different shapes of paper planes and then help Heni rescue Burpee from the top of a tree.

Surf's up in Kiwifruit Valley, and Newts is determined to learn to surf like Heni. But one day the waves are huge and the next day they're gone and the kids have to figure out why.

 

When a raging river moves the bridge, Darwin and Newts must learn about counterweights so they can build a crane to reach out and retrieve it.

When Heni organises her charity duckling river race, Darwin and Newts discover an underwater stream.

Darwin and Newts have a fun but fair football game after discovering that their football pitch is tilted and figuring out how to fix it.

 

When the battery on Darwin’s torch runs out just as he needs it most, he uses the power of oranges to get it working again.

When Wapiti’s eel friends get trapped on their journey downstream, Darwin, Newts and Heni use hydropower to help them on their way.

When an oil spill happens out at sea, the kids come up with a plan to save the sea animals of Kiwifruit Valley.

When a friendly sheep turns up in Kiwifruit Valley, Darwin and Newts have to figure out what to do about her very woolly coat.

Darwin & Newts follow a bee to learn why it is visiting flowers, and when the hive gets disturbed, they build a new beehive for Heni’s garden.

Darwin and Newts enlist Heni’s leaf blower and some science to make the zipline go faster.

Darwin and Newts build a wind speed-and-direction measuring device to warn when the rain is coming.

When Darwin gets lost in his work, Newts comes up with a plan to help him keep track of time.

Darwin and Newts find a mysterious egg on the beach and try to find out who it might belong to. They discover it is a sea turtle egg when the whole beach hatches at once!

Ski You Later 

Darwin, Newts, Burpee, and Kea set off on a cross country skiing adventure to visit a glacier and learn some cool science along the way!

Just when everyone seems to have forgotten, the creatures of Kiwifruit Valley give Newts her most magical birthday ever.

Darwin and Newts think they are on the trail of a giant bird until they realise it is a visual illusion

When disaster strikes just hours before their big performance at the Kiwifruit Valley Music Festival, Darwin and Newts have to find new ways to make music using creatures from nature

Darwin & Newts celebrate Halloween by trick or treating with their forest friends.

When a message in a bottle washes up on shore, Darwin and Newts must use their knot knowledge to follow the trail to some pirate treasure.

When rain prevents Darwin & Newts from holding a ‘show and tell’ day, they use the Internet to connect with their forest whanau remotely.

When one of their friends gets hurt, Darwin and Newts form the Kiwifruit Valley Rescue Team to help in an emergency.

When Heni’s new chickens take over her garden, Darwin and Newts come up with a plan to keep everyone happy

Darwin and Newts meet Pupu Rangi’s grandma, Kuia Gooey, and discover there’s so much that our grandparents can teach us.

Darwin, Newts and Heni look after and re-float a whale that has become stranded in the bay.

When Darwin qualifies for the Kiwifruit Valley Brain Games finals, he studies to exhaustion, and learns that our brains work best well-rested.

When Newts needs instructions on how to film the godwits migrating, but Darwin is stuck in the treehouse, they build a series of listening mirrors to keep in communication.

When Darwin’s camera breaks just before the Kiwifruit Valley Cross Country, he has to come up with a new way to take photos of the big event.

Inspired by a sleepover at a friend's place, Darwin & Newts build a trampoline prototype before building a larger trampoline.

Darwin and Newts use a metal detector hunt for Darwin’s watch and discover a beautiful sea grotto.

Darwin and Newts restore an eroded riverbank by using a trebuchet to transport sand.

When Darwin and Newts smell something odd wafting through the forest, they discover a geyser and hot pools, and learn how they work.

Darwin and Newts go on a big dig adventure to find dinosaur bones.

When Heni’s new kitten almost catches a flightless bird, Darwin and Newts decide to turn the island into a bird sanctuary.

Inspired by digging at the beach, Darwin and Newts hop on board a drilling vehicle to explore the layers of the Earth beneath their feet.

Darwin Newts and Heni work together to protect the big old kauri and keep it healthy.

Darwin and Newts figure out by trial and error how to tell which can contains Heni’s kitty’s catfood.

When an iceberg brings an Emperor Penguin and his egg into the Bay, Darwin and Newts help him get home.

Darwin and Newts build a three-stage rocket to send a camera high above the clouds to photograph Matariki.