Scotty Cotter
Director
Dead Ahead (2025)
Season 1
A high-powered Māori lawyer (Miriama Smith) accidentally unleashes her chaotic tūpuna (ancestors), forcing the living and the dead to navigate their shared legacy.
Released June 30, 2025
Episode 22 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.maori-tradition, tmdb.drama, tmdb.comedy, tmdb.maori
Production Companies: Television New Zealand
Network: TVNZ+
Country: New Zealand
Languages:
English,
Maori
S1E1 - Coming Home
The Wharekoa whānau arrive in Aotearoa and Nate quickly makes a new friend that leads him down an unknown path that sends his whānau into a frenzy.
June 30, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - Who is John Boy
Tensions are high in the Wharekoa whare as Amiria is determined to prove she’s not lying, but her journey of discovery leads her and the whānau to an emotional reunion.
June 30, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - You’re Going to Kura
Amiria and Nate start Kura and much to their surprise so does Dad, while Kiri has a run in with a journalist that makes her nervous.
June 30, 2025, midnight
S1E4 - Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer
As the kids head off on a Kura haerenga, Kiri is led to tell Meremereana the truth, while Matiu brings home some unexpected whānau that floors Kiri.
June 30, 2025, midnight
S1E5 - Ki koe e Moko
In this flashback episode the whānau celebrate Nan’s 70th Birthday. Kiri must make one last sacrifice, but it is John Boy whose fate is decided.
June 30, 2025, midnight
S1E6 - Kua Kehi...
In the season finale Kiri thinks she has it all figured out, not realising life as she knows it, is crumbling around her.
June 30, 2025, midnight
Network: TVNZ+
Episode Runtime: 22 min.
Season Runtime: 137 min.
Released: June 30, 2025
Last Air Date: June 30, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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