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  • Blood and Water

    Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent to the New Zealand town of Brokenwood to investigate the death of a farmer in this opening episode of the drama series.

  • Sour Grapes

    Crime drama series set in the fictitious New Zealand town of Brokenwood. Shepherd investigates when a prominent wine critic is found dead inside a fermenting vat.

Episode guide

The Brokenwood Mysteries

Series 1

The Brokenwood Mysteries

  • Blood and Water

    Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent to the New Zealand town of Brokenwood to investigate the death of a farmer in this opening episode of the drama series.

  • Sour Grapes

    Crime drama series set in the fictitious New Zealand town of Brokenwood. Shepherd investigates when a prominent wine critic is found dead inside a fermenting vat.

  • Playing the Lie

    Neill Rea stars in the crime drama set in the fictitious town of Brokenwood in New Zealand. DI Shepherd investigates when the owner of a golf club drops dead.

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  • Hunting the Stag

    Neill Rea stars in the crime drama from New Zealand. Shepherd investigates when a groom-to-be doesn't come back from a stag weekend spent hunting in the bush.

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

Series 2

The Brokenwood Mysteries

  • Leather and Lace

    Shepherd is called upon to investigate when a rugby coach's body is found tied to a goal post, and finds himself perplexed by a sense of relief in the community.

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  • To Die or Not to Die

    Neill Rea stars in the Kiwi crime drama set in the fictional town of Brokenwood. Shepherd investigates when an actor dies after a performance of Hamlet.

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  • Catch of the Day

    The hit Kiwi crime drama series continues. When Jared discovers a severed human hand at the harbour, Mike, Kristin and Breen try to find out who it belongs to.

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  • Blood Pink

    The Kiwi crime drama series continues. DSS Shepherd's favourite country musician dies after being electrocuted, but was her death really an accident?

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

Series 3

The Brokenwood Mysteries

  • Black Widower

    Third series of the hit Kiwi crime drama. The dead body of a publican's wife is discovered under a giant foam spider.

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  • Over Her Dead Body

    The Kiwi crime drama continues. Strange events occur at a beloved poet's funeral as mourners discover the corpse in his coffin is a woman with a tattoo.

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  • A Merry Bloody Christmas

    The third series of the Kiwi crime drama concludes as Shepherd and his team are confronted with the sight of a Santa Claus with a slit throat.

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  • The Killing Machine

    The hit crime drama series from New Zealand. Shepherd and Sims investigate the death of a car enthusiast whose body was found with a lungful of gasoline.

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

Series 4

The Brokenwood Mysteries

  • The Scarecrow

    Time for crime in the popular Kiwi drama series. Shepherd tries to solve the murder of farmer Philip Henderson, who was the victim of an obscure poison.

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  • Stone Cold Dead

    The hit Kiwi crime drama continues. The team investigate the death of a woman who is killed by an arrow. Is there a serial killer loose in Brokenwood?

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  • Fall from Grace

    Series four of the Kiwi crime drama. When Sims, Breen and Gina celebrate Shepherd's birthday with a picnic, they witness a fatal skydiving accident.

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  • As If Nothing Had Happened

    Shepherd and the team try to solve another murder in Brokenwood. Was an ex-finance company high-flyer killed by the resident of a care home?

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

Series 5

The Brokenwood Mysteries

  • Scared to Death

    The boss of Brokenwood agricultural show dies after a ride on the Ghost Train, and the investigation reveals that his suspected heart attack was something more sinister.

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  • Bride Not To Be

    A bride-to-be and professional tennis player is found dead after her hen party, and the chief bridesmaid, best man and groom-to-be all come under the team's suspicion.

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  • Tontine

    An avid cyclist suffers a massive coronary at the top of a local mountain, but with astronomical levels of caffeine in his system, there is more to his death than meets the eye.

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  • The Dark Angel

    A couple stumble upon the body of an elderly man in the hospital wing of an abandoned mental health facility, strapped to a gurney with electrodes connected to his head.

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

Series 6

The Brokenwood Mysteries

  • The Power of Steam

    Return of the detective drama. Mike and his team are drawn into a world of Victorian dress-up and escapism when they investigate a murder at a steampunk event.

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  • A Real Page Turner

    Crime author Jack Rudd visits Brokenwood to give a reading at the local book club - but he never leaves, falling victim to a method of murder portrayed in his own book.

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  • Dead Men Don't Shoot Ducks

    When an animal activist is killed on the first day of duck-hunting season, Mike must determine whether it was an accidental shooting, or something more sinister.

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  • Dead and Buried

    Mike and the team are reacquainted with some familiar faces when investigating a suspicious suicide at the Brokenwood Women's Prison.

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