The Brokenwood Mysteries

In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.

Seasons

12

Episodes aired

60

Latest aired

S12E06

Total runtime

3d 10h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 September 2014 – October 2014 4 episodes
2. Season 2 September 2015 – October 2015 4 episodes
3. Season 3 October 2016 – November 2016 4 episodes
4. Season 4 October 2017 – November 2017 4 episodes
5. Season 5 October 2018 – November 2018 4 episodes
6. Season 6 November 2019 – December 2019 4 episodes
7. Season 7 March 2021 – May 2021 6 episodes
8. Season 8 July 2022 – August 2022 6 episodes
9. Season 9 April 2023 – May 2023 6 episodes
10. Season 10 April 2024 – June 2024 6 episodes
11. Season 11 April 2025 – May 2025 6 episodes
12. Season 12 April 2026 – May 2026 6 episodes

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  S01E01 Blood and Water

  September 28 · 89min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  When two fishermen find the body of a local farmer in the river, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent to the small rural town of Brokenwood to investigate the death. Is this the suicide of a man guilty of his own wife’s murder or is he the victim of foul play? As Mike uncovers a family’s tragedies and secrets, he also learns that Brokenwood is a place where shadows lurk just beneath the surface.

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  S01E02 Sour Grapes

  October 5 · 95min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  With Brokenwood touted for its burgeoning merlot, the annual wine show is a major event. Having bought a 10-acre block with maturing grapes, no one is looking forward to it more than DI Mike Shepherd. But when a guest judge and wine critic is found dead, drowned inside a fermenting vat, the show takes second place to the murder investigation.

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  S01E03 Playing the Lie

  October 12 · 87min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  A group of erstwhile members of the Brokenwood Golf Club, committee members no less, have gathered for their regular Wednesday morning round. They are playing their approaches to the first green when a zombie-like figure lurches from the early-morning gloom, coming towards them. It takes the golfers a moment or two (apparently) to realise this is actually Alison Stone, one of the 5 members of the Golf Club Committee - her face red and blistering; gasping desperately for breath. Then she falls from sight, into a greenside bunker. By the time the guys get to her, Ms Stone is very much dead. And so Mike and Kristin are called to investigate what appears to be homicide by poisoning.

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  S01E04 Hunting the Stag

  October 19 · 91min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Three close friends go hunting in the bush on a stag trip. But the groom-to-be never comes back - he was shot through the head. Initially this would seem to be just another tragic hunting accident amidst picturesque New Zealand bush. The only problem is neither of the remaining two friends own up to pulling the trigger that fired the lethal bullet - yet all three had discharged their rifles - with no deer to prove it. The question is - who shot Hayden Renner? Was he mistaken for a real stag or was there something more sinister at play?