Sea Urchins

This article is about the TV series. For the animal, see Sea urchin. For other uses, see Sea Urchin (disambiguation).

Sea Urchins was 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.

Sea Urchins
Genre	Kidult drama
Starring	Rebecca Gibney Robert Rakete
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of series	3
Original release
Network	Television One
Release	1980 (1980) – 1984 (1984)

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.

Cast

• Rebecca Gibney as Karen
• Bruce Allpress
• John Bach
• Roy Billing as Sharky
• Robert Rakete