Border Patrol
Season 15
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Network: TVNZ 1, TVNZ+
Season aired: 2026-03-24
Seasons
Overview
Border Patrol is a New Zealand reality television series, focusing on the Customs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the New Zealand Immigration Service. It is narrated by Tim Balme. They are checking through packages, travelers and goods to find if they try to smugle prohibited or undeclared goods. They have trained staff, dogs and technology to find this out.
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Episodes · 12
Episode 1
A passenger flies in with soup sachets which leave a bitter taste, a family fails to declare their airsoft arsenal and alarms bells are ringing after an interview with sisters.
Episode 2
Customs stop a passenger with two suitcases full of drugs, Immigration interview friends carrying stacks of cash and fake jobs and Biosecurity are confronted with a very slippery souvenir.
Episode 3
A passenger arrives sporting an unusual tourist wardrobe at Customs, Immigration talks to a tattoo artist trying to work on a tourist visa and there are Biosecurity beasties in luggage from Africa.
Episode 4
An unusual itinerary leads to a drug haul at Customs, a passenger claims she’s on a trip with her boss but is it a working holiday? And a mammoth discovery causes quite a flutter at Biosecurity.
Episode 5
A traveller from Chile has a backpack full of secrets, a visitor from the US puts Biosecurity through its paces and Immigration have concerns about a passenger with prior convictions.
Episode 6
A traveller from Chile has a backpack full of secrets, a visitor from the US puts Biosecurity through its paces and Immigration have concerns about a passenger with prior convictions.
Episode 7
Immigration speak with travellers from Hungary with a checkered past, a cushy concealment has Customs tracking a serial smuggler and supersized souvenirs under the spotlight at Biosecurity.
Episode 8
Two photos, one traveller and lot of discrepancies put Immigration on high alert. A beer making kit from the US has Customs on the hop and Biosecurity inspects some mystery critters at their benches.
Episode 9
Customs discover drugs hidden in a footstool, a passenger cries tofu but Biosecurity isn’t swallowing it and is this a love story or a just cover story at Immigration New Zealand?
Episode 10
Immigration talk to a passenger with a dubious benefactor, treasured heirlooms are under fire at Customs and Biosecurity inspects an assortment of winged specimens.
Episode 11
Christmas parcels filled with drugs at Customs, Immigration interview a passenger claiming to have millions but zero proof and souvenirs from Samoa are under the spotlight at Biosecurity.
Episode 12
A Brazilian beauty technician with a fake return flight, stinky sweets to surprise meats and a package with ginger is packing more than just flavour.
