Darwin and Newts are preparing their waka for summer, but when Wapiti turns up in a wheelchair, they have to find a way to make the waka more accessible.
When a Christmas Eve storm wrecks their festive preparations, Darwin, Newts and Heni remember how important their friendship is and work together to create a Christmas celebration that may not be perfect, but is full of aroha.
While admiring the sea life in an ocean rock pool, Darwin and Newts discover that the water level is lowering. They try to stop the leak to save the creatures but learn that they did not need to worry.
Darwin, Newts and Heni compete in a river race using rubber band boats, but when Newts' boat zooms off in the wrong direction, they have to work out why.
Darwin and Newts explore a cave system and discover there's a whole other world underground, with a river, rock formations, and an array of amazing creatures.
Surf's up in Kiwifruit Valley, and Newts is determined to learn to surf like Heni. But one day the waves are huge and the next day they're gone, and the kids have to figure out why.
Darwin and Newts find a mysterious egg on the beach and try to find out who it might belong to. They discover it is a sea turtle egg when the whole beach hatches at once.
