Barrie and Chris travel all over New Zealand to spend 24 hours in a survival scenario that could happen to anyone: marooned boaters, lost hikers, stranded mountain climbers, or injured skiers.

Equipped with minimal gear in places such as Kapiti Island, Whanganui River, the Southern Alps and Waitomo Caves, the pair must draw on traditional Maori knowledge, their specialist military training and modern survival techniques to find a way out. There will be conflict, rivalry and many testing situations along the way so they will have to work together to SURVIVE AOTEAROA.