Bust Up: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bust Up follows former romantic partners Deb Brighton and Mihi Renata, who are unexpectedly reunited after a decade apart and forced to work side‑by‑side as police officers in the small (fictional) town of Waitote, the garden gnome capital of Aotearoa. Together the pair must navigate a series of crimes are as bizarre as they are dangerous, and as the stakes escalate, so does the emotional tension, pushing Deb and Mihi to confront the unresolved feelings they've spent years trying to bury.

Series details

• Title: Bust Up
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime
• Premiere date: 2026-05-27
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: Sky Open
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 92132
• IMDb ID: tt37520584
• TVDB ID: 477692

Cast and credited roles

• Morgana O'Reilly — Deb Brighton
• Roimata Fox — Mihi Renata
• Arlo Green — Milan Haddad

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-05-27; final listed air date 2026-06-24; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bust Up 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.