The demilitarised zone between North and South Korea has created one of the "world's weirdest wildlife sanctuaries", and is the subject of a new documentary from Dunedin-based television production company NHNZ and a Korean broadcaster.
Footage for the documentary was shot by Seoul-based broadcaster EMBED, after gaining permission to film inside the southern part of the 250km-long demilitarised zone (DMZ) over the course of a year.
NHNZ development and marketing executive vice-president Neil Harraway said under the partnership the company would produce a one-hour documentary from the "hundreds of hours of footage inside the DMZ".
With a working title of "Home in the Danger Zone", the production would feature a variety of wildlife, including deer, otters, seals, and cranes against a backdrop of barbed wire fences and armed guards.
"It is one of the world's weirdest wildlife sanctuaries."
Footage also includes images of three-legged wild boars, victims of the many landmines littered throughout the area, he said.
The one-hour special is expected to be the first featuring wildlife of the DMZ to be broadcast outside Korea and would screen next year, Mr Harraway said.
The documentary is part of an ongoing expansion into the Asian market by NHNZ, which has operated an office out of Beijing since 2002.
