Timothy Balme
Narrator
Border Patrol (2002)
Season 14
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
S14E1 - Episode 1
A 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.
May 19, 2025, midnight
S14E2 - Episode 2
Immigration 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.
May 19, 2025, midnight
S14E3 - Episode 3
Biosecurity 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.
May 19, 2025, midnight
S14E4 - Episode 4
Customs 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.
May 19, 2025, midnight
S14E5 - Episode 5
Immigration 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.
May 20, 2025, midnight
S14E6 - Episode 6
Customs 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.
May 20, 2025, midnight
S14E7 - Episode 7
Customs 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.
May 20, 2025, midnight
S14E8 - Episode 8
Customs 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.
May 20, 2025, midnight
S14E9 - Episode 9
Immigration 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.
May 20, 2025, midnight
S14E10 - Episode 10
None
May 20, 2025, 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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