Border Patrol

2002 – 2026
Returning Series
Documentary · Reality
~25m / ep
15 seasons
7.0/10

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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Latest: Season 15 · 2026

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E1. Episode 1
Mar 24, 2026 · 23m
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.
E2. Episode 2
Mar 31, 2026 · 23m
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.
E3. Episode 3
Apr 7, 2026 · 23m
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.
E4. Episode 4
Apr 14, 2026 · 23m
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.
E5. Episode 5
Apr 21, 2026 · 23m
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.
E6. Episode 6
Apr 28, 2026 · 23m