Timothy Balme
Narrator
Border Patrol (2002)
Season 13
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.
Released May 5, 2002
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.airport, tmdb.illegal-drugs, tmdb.customs, mdblist.has-trailer
Production Companies: Greenstone TV
Network: TVNZ 1
Country: New Zealand
Languages:
English
S13E1 - Episode 1
In denial or being duped? Customs stop a woman who doesn’t believe she’s in the wrong, but her suitcase full of cocaine says otherwise.
Aug. 15, 2022, midnight
S13E2 - Episode 2
Customs and Immigration team-up to talk to a man from Latvia, who has plans to start a new country. Meanwhile, travellers from Malaysia turn up with enough fruit to fill a fridge.
Aug. 15, 2022, midnight
S13E3 - Episode 3
Immigration officers interview a man matching the profile of a suspected drug smuggler, and it’s ‘Goodbye Pork Pie’ at Biosecurity NZ.
Aug. 22, 2022, midnight
S13E4 - Episode 4
A Customs investigation stops a massive cigarette-smuggling ring dead in its tracks, a woman arriving from Brazil has a ‘ticket to nowhere’ and Biosecurity intercept a man with ants in his pants.
Aug. 29, 2022, midnight
S13E5 - Episode 5
A businessman from Pakistan keeps his visa history under wraps while an American Kiwi lands with a passport that says he’s 6 feet under.
Sept. 5, 2022, midnight
S13E6 - Episode 6
A mysterious vial of liquid puts Customs on high alert; Immigration officers play a confusing game of “he said, she said” with a traveller from Columbia.
Sept. 12, 2022, midnight
S13E7 - Episode 7
A New Zealand national loses her cool over a permit for her favourite ginseng, an itinerary raises red flags at Immigration and Customs officers find MDMA hidden inside art supplies from France.
Sept. 12, 2022, midnight
S13E8 - Episode 8
Friendly or phoney? Customs uncover suspicious paperwork in the luggage of a New Zealand resident. A traveller from China tries to convince Immigration that she’s a genuine tourist.
Sept. 26, 2022, midnight
S13E9 - Episode 9
A returning New Zealand traveller experiences phone search fury in Customs red zone. Immigration turns up a problematic past with a US visitor.
Oct. 3, 2022, midnight
S13E10 - Episode 10
A Chilean visa runner tries to dash across the ditch and Customs uncover a crafty concealment inside a wooden pallet. Immigration checks a Romanian’s hacker career is legit.
Oct. 17, 2022, midnight
Network: TVNZ 1
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 4290 min.
Released: May 5, 2002
Last Air Date: May 20, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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