The Brokenwood Mysteries

When dinosaur fossils are discovered in the foothills around Brokenwood, locals are thrilled at the prospect of tourism revenue. Unfortunately, the suspicious death of an expert palaeontologist throws a spanner in the works…

Brokenwood's Mexican "Day of the Dead" celebration seems like a great idea until an actual dead body becomes part of the festivities.

A writing retreat is interrupted when the event's mentor, Dame Audrey McKinnon, is found floating under a waterfall on the premises. 

After local dentist Sonny Lyman is romantically pursued by Jools Fahey, his wife is found dead in an oven – making Jools the prime suspect.

A local haunted house becomes a great deal more frightening when a teenager is found dead with a sickle through his neck. 

While a visiting theatrical troupe puts on a nativity play at St. Judas, a precious holy relic goes missing, and the actor playing Jesus is killed.