Border Patrol (2002)
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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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2025-05-19A traveller is caught sporting the wrong kind of South American souvenir; Customs inspect a pool filter and Immigration speaks with a Canadian visitor who has a chequered past.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2025-05-19Immigration talks with a tourist who’s here to see the Queens of Queenstown; Customs uncover a mountain of tobacco concealed in a passenger’s suitcase and Biosecurity inspects a very hairy souvenir.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2025-05-19Biosecurity uncovers a grizzly treat. Immigration talks to a visitor who's itinerary has holes big enough to drive a truck through and Customs unbox some clocks ticking with drugs.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2025-05-19Customs find cocaine in a traveller's check-in and carry-on; Biosecurity stops a cursed consignment and Immigration deals with a passenger who has a serious case of interview induced amnesia.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2025-05-20Immigration speaks to a traveller suspected of planning more than a holiday; sparks fly at Customs as officers crack open a drug concealment, and DOC inspects an unpermitted puma skin.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2025-05-20Customs deal with a man who's hidden cash on his body, Immigration thwarts a tourist's plan to pick up work in the adult industry and a Biosecurity beagle's fast work finds forbidden fruit.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2025-05-20Customs and the NZ Navy work to inspect a ship from South America; Immigration speaks to a man about some perplexing paperwork and Customs catch a cosmetic concealment of cocaine.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2025-05-20Customs investigate two suspected overseas sex workers, a traveller tries to convince Immigration they're a genuine tourist and Biosecurity deals with a full-on feast of foodstuffs.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2025-05-20Immigration interviews an overseas worker on a work visa who doesn't want to work, Biosecurity inspects a treasure trove of taxidermy and Custom's 3D x-ray technology exposes a concealment of meth.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2025-05-20