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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.
Season 1
10 Episodes
May 5, 2002
Season 2
12 Episodes
Season 3
14 Episodes
Season 4
10 Episodes
February 9, 2009
Season 5
10 Episodes
June 21, 2010
Season 6
10 Episodes
September 17, 2012
Season 7
7 Episodes
April 20, 2015
Season 8
8 Episodes
July 25, 2016
Season 9
10 Episodes
June 20, 2017
Season 10
10 Episodes
August 20, 2018
Season 11
12 Episodes
September 16, 2019
Season 12
10 Episodes
August 9, 2021
Season 13
10 Episodes
August 15, 2022
Season 14
10 Episodes
May 19, 2025
Season 15
12 Episodes
March 24, 2026
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Immigration talk to a passenger with a dubious benefactor, treasured heirlooms are under fire at Customs and Biosecurity inspects an assortment of winged specimens.
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.
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.
