About this season
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.
Episodes (12)
1. Episode 1
Aired 24 March 2026 • 23 min
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.
2. Episode 2
Aired 31 March 2026 • 23 min
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.
3. Episode 3
Aired 7 April 2026 • 23 min
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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 14 April 2026 • 23 min
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.
5. Episode 5
Aired 21 April 2026 • 23 min
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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 28 April 2026 • 23 min
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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 5 May 2026 • 23 min
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.
8. Episode 8
Aired 12 May 2026 • 23 min
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.
9. Episode 9
Aired 19 May 2026 • 23 min
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?
10. Episode 10
Aired 26 May 2026 • 23 min
Immigration talk to a passenger with a dubious benefactor, treasured heirlooms are under fire at Customs and Biosecurity inspects an assortment of winged specimens.
11. Episode 11
Aired 2 June 2026 • 23 min
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.
12. Episode 12
Aired 9 June 2026 • 23 min
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.