Border Patrol
Formats
No. 1 Rating
2006 Winner Air NZ Screen Awards, Best Reality Show
Series I 10x 1/2 hr
Series II 12x 1/2 hr
Series III 14x 1/2 hr
Series IV 10x 1/2hr
Series V 10x 1/2hr
Drugs. Guns. Porn. And bugs that could bring a country to it's knees. They're at New Zealand's border every day: stowed in freight, carried by passengers and smuggled by criminals. The clean and green reputation of New Zealand is in the hands of a tiny group of men and women, working for the Customs Service or the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Every day is amusing, and many are confrontational. But with hundreds of boats and planes arriving at the border every day, danger is never far away.
Episode Overview
Episode 1
Mark and Tai find live lizards in a passenger's luggage; Shane and his dog Maggie search the mail for drugs; and an elderly visitor gets upset over mincemeat.
Episode 2Mark and Tori strip-search a drug suspect; and Brian finds a stash of cigarettes on a French yacht.
Episode 3Craig and Shane investigate a suspected criminal; Customs launch Hawk chases a suspicious yacht; and Mark welcomes home a national hero.
Episode 4Liana finds drugs in a woman's luggage; and Stu hunts for deadly spiders.
Episode 5Stu searches a superyacht; Tai deals with an abusive passenger; and a hunter tries to bring in rare wildlife specimens.
Episode 6Shane and his dog Maggie sniff out drugs at the airport; Danielle finds a rare reptile; and Peter clashes with a Hungarian couple over salami.
Episode 7Angela uncovers an unusual drug in a passenger's luggage; Stu comes across an illegal catch onboard a cargo ship; and honeymooners bring in rare bugs.
Episode 8Mark and his team search for drugs at the airport; Danielle finds cockroaches in a container; and Stu inspects some very large cranes.
Episode 9Paul and the Customs dive team inspect the hull of a suspect ship; Daryl and Rachael hunt for a South African lizard; and Brendan tackles a formidable French woman.
Episode 10Brian and his MAF team go to East Timor to clear New Zealand troops returning home.
Border Patrol II
Episode 1Jim and his dog Roxy find a woman trying to smuggle in dugs, Tony uncovers live beetles in a passenger's luggage, and Stu and Mike have a day at the races with the V8 Supercars.
Episode 2Bruce and a team of customs investigators raid a house to search for illegal weapons, and Miranda copes with a difficult multi-millionaire.
Episode 3Lauren questions a woman suspected of dropping drugs in the airport terminal, Terry and Bryan find a passenger trying to smuggle in fresh chillies, and a hunter arrives with rare wildlife specimens.
Episode 4Tony finds a passenger trying to smuggle in duck meat, Gordon searches a nervous drug suspect's bags, and Jim deals with a traveller who has failed to declare fresh fruit and honey.
Episode 5Tony and the MAF quarantine team take on the Indian cricket team, and Nicky and Kevin find some surprises in the mail.
Episode 6Tony copes with an upset visitor caught with undeclared meat, Dave tries to fine a disgruntled passenger for failing to declare fruit, and Mark welcomes home the Warriors rugby league team.
Episode 7Jim and his dog Roxy find a teenager with illegal drugs, a blackout throws Queenstown airport into chaos, and Brendan welcomes back an old friend.
Episode 8Stan finds a secret stash of ecstasy tablets, Geoff uncovers smuggled liquor, and Stu goes in search of deadly spiders.
Episode 9Mark and Craig tackle a suspected drug courier, Warren and his investigations team seize illegal porn, and Karen finds an undeclared ostrich egg.
Episode 10Mark and Simon find a stash of illegal knives, stowaways spark a health scare in Gisborne, and a Russian giant arrives in Auckland.
Episode 11Neil and Jenna sniff out a drug smuggler, and a passenger lashes out at a Customs drug dog.
Episode 12Mark searches a plane for a false passport, Stu hunts for spiders on a container ship, and Michelle uncovers a stash of counterfeit watches.
Border Patrol III
Episode 1A Spanish visitor makes an exhibition of himself in Christchurch; Carrie hunts for illegal workers at a massage parlour; and Tony finds risk goods in a passenger's luggage.
Episode 2Customs officers fly across Fiordland in search of a mystery yacht; Tania and Katarina find an overstayer hiding in a fridge; and our Olympic heroes return home.
Episode 3Carrie chases a suspected overstayer; a foolish remark at Christchurch airport leads to a security alert; and Tony questions a mother and daughter who have failed to declare several items of food.
Episode 4Angela discovers that a passenger is hiding drugs internally; Tania and Katarina track down an overstayer at the beach; and Rachel clears a huge cargo in Napier.
Episode 5A passenger with drugs is caught on tape at Queenstown airport; Carrie and Bernard search for an overstayer at a bakery; and Stu deals with an infestation of exotic moths.
Episode 6Mark and Lesina investigate two Czech visitors suspected of intending to work illegally in New Zealand; and Stu and Aimee inspect V8 supercars at Pukekohe and meet motor-racing legend Greg Murphy.
Episode 7A Customs investigation into footage of cruelty to animals leads to and armed offenders squad call out; and a lizard is on the loose at the International mail centre.
Episode 8Tania and Katarina visit a panel beating firm to look for overstayers; Susannah questions a visitor with a suspiciously large number of suitcases; and Stu deals with an infestation of exotic moths.
Episode 9Carlene investigates a passenger with a false passport; Kerry finds plant material hidden inside a book; and Nicole uncovers two million dollars' worth of ecstasy.
Episode 10Bruce and Warren search for illegal weapons; James and Rowan look for overstayers at a massage parlour; and Vanessa finds drugs hidden in a tin of baby formula.
Episode 11Jared finds a drug implement in a passenger's luggage; Tania searches an Auckland hotel for an overstayer; and Mark discovers pills and seeds hidden in an elderly couple's bags.
Episode 12Tania and Katarina visit overstayers suspected of working illegally in the sex industry; Vanessa finds live insects in the mail; and a drunk passenger causes problems at Christchurch airport.
Episode 13Tania and Katarina track an overstayer to an Auckland dairy; Andrew and Brendan uncover illegal weapons in a container; and Brendan encounters a repeat offender with undeclared meat.
Episode 14Stu travels to Nagoya, Japan, to clear New Zealand-bound cars; and a mother and son arrive at Christchurch airport with undeclared food and a huge quantity of pills.
Border Patrol IV
Episode 1Tonight on Border Patrol: an irate passenger spits the dummy, a Customs dog sniffs out a possible drug carrier, and a stow-away rat sparks a shipboard panic.
Episode 2Tonight on Border Patrol: a returning sex tourist faces some probing questions, a whisky bottle sparks an animal cruelty alert, and a foot-stomping Parisian gives NZ an international F you.
Episode 3Tonight on Border Patrol: A cheerful traveller sparks a major security alert, and a shipment of dirty earth-movers causes a bio-security scare.
Episode 4Tonight .. Caught at the border – a drug mule with 8000 ecstasy tabs and a terrified smuggler who's swallowed a million dollars worth of cocaine. Plus, an eccentric hunter baffles MAF with his collection of penis bones.
Episode 5Jeremy Clarkson and his Ferraris move MAF into top gear; Customs dive squad searches for underwater cocaine; and a flood of foul wildlife has quarantine staff gasping.
Episode 6Customs swoop on a major haul of counterfeit goods, a passenger arrives with a suspect passport and MAF find concealed meat in a passenger's luggage.
Episode 7Tonight, drug smugglers play a cunning game with NZ Customs, and in Samoa, shipping containers conceal a nest of bio-hazards for MAF.
Episode 8A pair of Romanians on a holiday to nowhere, a dreadlocked drifter tries to boomerang back to Aus, and a Hawaiian traveler with undeclared avocados asks for extra punishment.
Episode 9A massive haul of drugs found in a shipment of bench-tops; a forgotten banana sparks an impromptu concert, and a pair of pets get a quarantine check from MAF.
Episode 10Excess tobacco causes a stand-off at Auckland Airport; fighting fish found in the mail from Thailand; and a drug dog alert on a visiting yacht.
Border Patrol V
Episode 1A passenger stashes a million dollars worth of crystal meth in an airport toilet, two travellers spark an explosives alert, and first time visitors to New Zealand get more than a stamp when they arrive at customs.
Episode 2A young traveller's hopes of hitting the ski fields are dashed after drugs are found, two man-eating Crocodiles spring a surprise on MAF Biosecurity, and at the International Mail Centre the war against 'P' goes on.
Episode 3Christchurch Customs intercept a gecko smuggler, a sick arrival sparks a medical emergency, and French coco packed full of illicit substances.
Episode 4A young traveller's hopes of hitting the ski fields are dashed after drugs are found, two man-eating Crocodiles spring a surprise on MAF Biosecurity, and at the International Mail Centre the war against 'P' goes on.
Episode 5It's the biggest drug bust of the year for Customs, we meet the first Chinese Crocodile Dundee, and why is a returning student concealing large sums of cash?
Episode 6International hunter Davey Hughes gives MAF a scare with his weapons, a traveller profiles as an illegal sex worker, and detector dog Jack sniffs out trouble in the mail centre.
Episode 7A defensive traveller picks a fight at arrivals, MAF get dirty hunting for medicinal squirrel pooh in 13 tonnes of Chinese medicine, and will a cocaine indication lead to a relationship breakup at the airport?
Episode 8The Fraud team are on the hunt for objectionable material, Customs boat Hawk intercepts a mystery yacht, and an Indian woman is caught red handed with forbidden fruit.
Episode 9Customs investigate dodgy car imports, unwanted Aussie crawlers put MAF into a flap, and a look at sneaky drug concealments.
Episode 10MAF's newest detector dog come up trumps, dangerous seized goods head for the scrap heap, and a dare turns sour for a Xmas pixie.
