Dog Squad: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Dog Squad is a reality TV show following working dogs and handlers as they go about their daily duties. It is set in New Zealand and focuses on dog-handler pairs working for the Department of Corrections (New Zealand), New Zealand Customs Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand), Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, Department of Conservation (New Zealand), and Search and rescue.

Series details

• Title: Dog Squad
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2010-01-25
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 1
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16733
• IMDb ID: tt1610002
• TVDB ID: 271257

Cast and credited roles

• Jason Hoyte — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-01-25; final listed air date 2010-03-29; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2010-07-19; final listed air date 2010-09-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2011-07-25; final listed air date 2011-09-26; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2013-02-18; final listed air date 2013-04-22; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2013-07-15; final listed air date 2013-09-23.
• Season 6: premiered 2015-04-21; final listed air date 2015-08-18; episode order: 16.
• Season 7: premiered 2016-03-16; final listed air date 2016-05-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 8: premiered 2017-04-19; final listed air date 2017-12-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 9: premiered 2018-04-17; final listed air date 2018-06-19; episode order: 10.
• Season 10: premiered 2019-10-15; final listed air date 2020-05-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 2021-02-16; final listed air date 2021-04-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2022-02-08; final listed air date 2022-04-12; episode order: 10.
• Season 13: premiered 2024-03-04; final listed air date 2024-05-06; episode order: 10.
• Season 14: premiered 2025-09-16; final listed air date 2025-09-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 15: premiered 2026-06-16; final listed air date 2026-08-04; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dog Squad 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.