The Brokenwood Mysteries
"Do you like country music?"
In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
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Season 1
4 episodes
Premiered Sep 28, 2014
Season 2
4 episodes
Premiered Sep 27, 2015
Season 3
4 episodes
Premiered Oct 30, 2016
Season 4
4 episodes
Premiered Oct 29, 2017
Season 5
4 episodes
Premiered Oct 28, 2018
Season 6
4 episodes
Premiered Nov 10, 2019
Season 7
6 episodes
Premiered Mar 29, 2021
Season 8
6 episodes
Premiered Jul 1, 2022
Season 9
6 episodes
Premiered Apr 10, 2023
Season 10
6 episodes
Premiered Apr 29, 2024
Season 11
6 episodes
Premiered Apr 21, 2025
Season 12
6 episodes
Premiered Apr 6, 2026
Ep 1Blood and Water
When two fishermen find the body of a local farmer in the river, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent to the small rural town of Brokenwood to investigate the death. Is this the suicide of a man guilty of his own wife’s murder or is he the victim of foul play? As Mike uncovers a family’s tragedies and secrets, he also learns that Brokenwood is a place where shadows lurk just beneath the surface.
Ep 2Sour Grapes
With Brokenwood touted for its burgeoning merlot, the annual wine show is a major event. Having bought a 10-acre block with maturing grapes, no one is looking forward to it more than DI Mike Shepherd. But when a guest judge and wine critic is found dead, drowned inside a fermenting vat, the show takes second place to the murder investigation.
Ep 3Playing the Lie
A group of erstwhile members of the Brokenwood Golf Club, committee members no less, have gathered for their regular Wednesday morning round. They are playing their approaches to the first green when a zombie-like figure lurches from the early-morning gloom, coming towards them. It takes the golfers a moment or two (apparently) to realise this is actually Alison Stone, one of the 5 members of the Golf Club Committee - her face red and blistering; gasping desperately for breath. Then she falls from sight, into a greenside bunker. By the time the guys get to her, Ms Stone is very much dead. And so Mike and Kristin are called to investigate what appears to be homicide by poisoning.
Ep 4Hunting the Stag
Three close friends go hunting in the bush on a stag trip. But the groom-to-be never comes back - he was shot through the head. Initially this would seem to be just another tragic hunting accident amidst picturesque New Zealand bush. The only problem is neither of the remaining two friends own up to pulling the trigger that fired the lethal bullet - yet all three had discharged their rifles - with no deer to prove it. The question is - who shot Hayden Renner? Was he mistaken for a real stag or was there something more sinister at play?
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