Border Patrol: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Border Patrol is a New Zealand reality television series, focusing on the Customs, the Ministry for Primary Industries, and the New Zealand Immigration Service. The first season premiered in 2004 and it is an original New Zealand concept which has now been replicated throughout the world. In 2006, Border Patrol was the winner of the Best Reality Series at the New Zealand Screen Awards. It is narrated by Tim Balme.

Series details

• Title: Border Patrol
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2002-05-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 1
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10670
• IMDb ID: tt13839444
• TVDB ID: 126651

Cast and credited roles

• Timothy Balme — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-05-05; final listed air date 2002-07-07.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-01-01; final listed air date 2003-01-01.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-01-01; final listed air date 2004-01-01.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-02-09; final listed air date 2009-04-13.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-06-21; final listed air date 2010-08-23.
• Season 6: premiered 2012-09-17; final listed air date 2015-06-15; episode order: 11.
• Season 7: premiered 2015-04-20; final listed air date 2015-06-01; episode order: 7.
• Season 8: premiered 2016-07-25; final listed air date 2016-09-12.
• Season 9: premiered 2017-06-20; final listed air date 2017-08-22.
• Season 10: premiered 2018-08-20; final listed air date 2018-10-29.
• Season 11: premiered 2019-09-16; final listed air date 2019-11-25; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2021-08-09; final listed air date 2021-10-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 13: premiered 2023-07-31; final listed air date 2023-10-02; episode order: 10.
• Season 14: premiered 2025-07-08; final listed air date 2025-09-09; episode order: 10.
• Season 15: premiered 2026-03-24; final listed air date 2026-06-09; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Border Patrol on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.