At The End Of The World

science, earth, history · EN

What would happen if New Zealand were cut off from the rest of the world? If the ships stopped arriving tomorrow, could we maintain a comfortable lifestyle for our population? What do we actually have on these islands — and, more importantly, what do we lack? At The End Of The World is a resource-by-resource audit of a country at the end of the supply chain. Each episode takes one of the foundations of modern life and asks a blunt question: can we make this ourselves, or do we only know how to buy it? Season one covers the six things a society runs on — food, shelter, water, energy, minerals and health — plus the materials underneath them. The answers are not what you would expect. Some things we could do tomorrow. Some we gave up the ability to do, deliberately, within living memory. And a few we have never been able to do at all. This is not a doomsday show. There is no bunker, no prepping, no collapse fantasy. It is a serious look at an isolated country's