About this season
Observational documentary following the daily lives of police officers patrolling the motorways in and around Auckland, New Zealand's largest urban area.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 8 September 2022 • 25 min
A hitch-hiker wanders into motorway lanes, and an officer has to read rights in French.
2. Episode 2
Aired 15 September 2022 • 25 min
A Christmas party sends a jolly driver over the limit, and a relationship gets wrangled on the roadside.
3. Episode 3
Aired 22 September 2022 • 25 min
This episode features motorway tinder, crashing and fighting, and memorable mullets.
4. Episode 4
Aired 29 September 2022 • 25 min
There's a cargo of cannabis, the wheels on the bus won't go round and round, and cars go bump in the night.
5. Episode 5
Aired 6 October 2022 • 25 min
A breakdown leads to some dodgy towing plans, hot dogs fry on the roadside, and there's lots of crashing.
6. Episode 6
Aired 13 October 2022 • 25 min
This time on Motorway Patrol: kitten rescues, 17 and doing 177, and a hot ride which ends in flames.
7. Episode 7
Aired 20 October 2022 • 25 min
A driver gets sleepy and goes bush, another forgets to check his nuts, and police meet a stoned slurpee sipper.
8. Episode 8
Aired 27 October 2022 • 25 min
When the motorway gets backed up one driver offroads it, and a mini Mitzi meets a maxi truck in a hit and run.
9. Episode 9
Aired 3 November 2022 • 25 min
A good samaritan helps out at a crash and ends up regretting it, and bikers are behaving badly lane-splitting and paying the price.
10. Episode 10
Aired 10 November 2022 • 25 min
Bad friends lead to bad ideas, an exploding pie pile-up, and two suspended drivers in one car is two too many.