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TV series

The Brokenwood Mysteries

2014TV-1412 seasons7.6 / 10

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

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Checked Jul 22, 2026

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Synopsis

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

Season 3 episodes

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Episode 1

The Black Widower

1h 30m7.5 / 10

The Frog and Cheetah’s publican, Ray Neilson, has branched into tourism with his ‘Lord of the Ringz Tours’ tailored to non-English speaking tourists. But when Ray’s wife Debbie is discovered dead under a giant foam spider in a supposed film location of Mirklewood things get ‘mirky’. Especially when Debbie’s cause of death is revealed to be from New Zealand’s only native venomous spider – the Katipo. But if it was, how did one spider administer ten times the lethal dose?

Episode credits

Guest stars Jason Hoyte, Tracy Lee Gray, Roy Ward, Colin Moy, Elizabeth McRae, Dan Veint, Geoff Houtman, Emmett Skilton

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Episode 2

Over Her Dead Body

1h 29m7.2 / 10

Brokenwood is in mourning as beloved local poet Declan O’Grady is being farewelled at St Judas Church after being struck down by cancer. But things go from bad to worse when his coffin accidentally falls from the hearse revealing that the corpse inside is not Declan but a young woman identifiable only by a notable scarlet tattoo.

Episode credits

Guest stars Laura Hill, Roy Ward, Cameron Rhodes, Kip Chapman, Colin Moy, Elizabeth McRae, Lucinda Jane Tarrant, Mark Mitchinson

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Episode 3

The Killing Machine

1h 31m7.2 / 10

The annual Riverstone Beach Hop is a colorful festival that brings classic car enthusiasts together from far and wide to celebrate everything petrol powered and chrome plated. But on the morning of the event Charlie Baxter, the Chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society, is found dead next to his beloved El Dorado with a lungful of gasoline. Was this a petrol siphoning accident or something more deliberate? And does it have anything to do with the unidentified dead body found in Charlie’s garage the day before?

Episode credits

Guest stars Christopher Hobbs, Amber-Rose Henshall, Laura Hill, Karl Willetts, Ascia Maybury, Elizabeth McRae, Ido Drent, John Landreth

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Episode 4

A Merry Bloody Christmas

1h 26m7.5 / 10finale

With December approaching Brokenwood is alive and well with Christmas spirit. That is until a gruesome sight confronts Mike and his team; Santa Claus with his throat slit. Or as Mike insists – ‘not Santa, but a man dressed in a Santa suit’. The man is in fact the much-loved local Mayor, Evan Whitestone, who dresses as Santa every year for the Christmas parade. But with local elections looming, attention turns to his four rivals for the mayoral chains. Each of them has an axe to grind with Evan or, in this case - a cut throat razor.

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Guest stars Madeleine Lynch, Shane Cortese, Phil Peleton, Jason Hoyte, Colin Moy, Elizabeth McRae, Nicola Kawana, Shara Connolly

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about The Brokenwood Mysteries

Cast

Neill ReaDI Mike Shepherd
Fern SutherlandDC Kristin Sims
Nic SampsonConstable Sam Breen
Cristina Șerban-IondaDr. Gina Kadinsky
Pana Hema-TaylorJared Morehu
Jarod RawiriDC Daniel Chalmers
Brett O’GormanTony Canetti
Rawiri JobeKahu Taylor

Credits

Written by
Timothy Balme, James Griffin, Roy Ward, Fiona Samuel, Nic Sampson, Philip Dalkin, Sarah-Kate Lynch, Mike Smith, Greg McGee, Timothy Balme

Production details

Status
Returning Series
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
60
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • TVNZ 1New Zealand
  • PrimeNew Zealand
  • Acorn TVUnited States
  • South Pacific PicturesNew Zealand

Themes

"country western" soundtracknew zealandwhodunit