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Determined to seize the day, National Treasure Miriam Margolyes leaps across the ditch and dives headfirst into a new country, on a fresh journey full of surprising contradictions, new challenges, unexpected lessons and revealing stories.

Miriam Margolyes embarks on a road trip around New Zealand’s North Island, discovering a country with a unique heritage and an obsession with rugby – a sport she 'loathes'.

Miriam Margolyes looks beyond the pristine beauty of New Zealand’s South Island to understand the challenges New Zealanders face and what they say about who they are as a nation.