Timothy Balme
Narrator
Border Patrol (2002)
Season 11
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
S11E1 - Episode 1
A lovesick Lithuanian begs for mercy, Customs find enough cigarettes to sink a ship at Christchurch airport, and Biosecurity deal with a sneaky pest trying to hitchhike into the country.
Sept. 16, 2019, midnight
S11E2 - Episode 2
A Nigerian national kicks-off with Border agencies, Customs deal with a fishy parcel from Africa, and Immigration talk to a tricky DJ trying to work without a visa.
Sept. 23, 2019, midnight
S11E3 - Episode 3
A British national plans his very own Brexit; a package of happiness arrives at the mail centre; and Customs and Police go on a boat-hunt in the Bay of Islands.
Sept. 30, 2019, midnight
S11E4 - Episode 4
An American woman attempts to smuggle a live cat across the border, and Customs find a soft toy stuffed with more than just stuffing!
Oct. 7, 2019, midnight
S11E5 - Episode 5
Immigration deal with a Singaporean national who claims to be rendezvousing with a mystery man, and a flood in the biosecurity zone shuts down Auckland Airport!
Oct. 14, 2019, midnight
S11E6 - Episode 6
A Brazilian man with a large quantity of cocaine hidden inside his suitcase, a woman loses her cool with Biosecurity and what is one wife trying to cover up for her husband?
Oct. 21, 2019, midnight
S11E7 - Episode 7
A Brazilian traveller ends up in bags of trouble at Auckland International Airport, and the biosecurity team in Dunedin deals with Navy, the sailing cat.
Oct. 28, 2019, midnight
S11E8 - Episode 8
Immigration deal with a Chinese national who has a fake passport, and Customs find a large quantity of meth hidden in household items.
Nov. 4, 2019, midnight
S11E9 - Episode 9
A Greek man turns up at Auckland Airport with no money but plenty of history, and Customs find jeans with more than dodgy labels to hide.
Nov. 11, 2019, midnight
S11E10 - Episode 10
Customs deal with a Lithuanian man who has very questionable holiday plans and a risky item lands at the International Mail Centre.
Nov. 18, 2019, midnight
S11E11 - Episode 11
None
Nov. 25, 2019, midnight
S11E12 - Episode 12
Tonight: a booze smuggling scam is busted at the Ports of Auckland; a Kurdish Kiwi shares tales of his high adventures in high risk countries; and a Frenchwoman goes ballistic at Immigration.
Dec. 2, 2019, 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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