Sea Urchins (1980)

Country

New Zealand

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of kids spend their holidays with their uncle by the sea. They get mixed up in local mysteries from hidden treasure to wildlife smuggling.

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What happens

Sea Urchins is a kidult television series (in three series) produced by Television New Zealand from 1980 to 1984. It starred Rebecca Gibney in her first television role, Bruce Allpress, John Bach, Roy Billing and Robert Rakete. Rachel Weston also appeared in series 1. Described as a saltwater Swallows and Amazons, it was shot on the Mahurangi Harbour near Puhoi in the Hauraki Gulf, where the plucky “urchins” stumble on villainous plots from missing treasure to wildlife smuggling while holidaying with their uncle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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