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Samantha Brown's Places to Love

Top of the South Island, NZ

Season 3 Episode 303 | 26m 46s

Samantha bicycles through the sprawling Brancott Estate vineyards and then visits the te Pā Family Vineyards, where she learns of its 800-year old Maori roots. Then to Havelock, the mussel capital of the world where Samantha indulges at Mills Bay Mussels. Taking to the sky, Samantha helicopters to a Lord of the Rings filming location at the peak of Mount Olympus.

Aired: 01/07/20 | Expires: 01/03/28
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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