The Best TV Shows on TVNZ+

Every TVNZ+ Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of April 2026, our compilation of TVNZ+’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. Premiering in 1999 and 2002, Motorway Patrol and Border Patrol are among TVNZ+’s most celebrated shows. TVNZ+ has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1999 and as recent as 2025.

  • Maddie + Triggs
    Maddie + Triggs (2024)10.0

    A little girl and her doggy best friend find music and adventure in the sounds of the everyday by really listening to the world around them.

  • Badjelly
    Badjelly (2025)9.5

    A fresh reimagining of Spike Milligan's Badjelly the Witch, the classic tale of a lost cow, a mysterious forest and a sinister sorceress. Featuring the voices of Miriam Margolyes, Rhys Darby & Rose Matafeo.

  • Motorway Patrol
    Motorway Patrol (1999)8.0

    Observational documentary following the daily lives of police officers patrolling the motorways in and around Auckland, New Zealand's largest urban area.

  • Creamerie
    Creamerie (2021)8.0

    Creamerie is set in a post-apocalyptic future where a viral plague has wiped out 99% of men, and Earth has become a planet run by and for women. There’ll be plenty to laugh at when three Kiwi-Asian women running a dairy farm encounter – shock, horror – a man!

  • Talkback
    Talkback (2021)8.0

    Malcolm White is the hard-talking, right-leaning king of talkback radio. But when a younger, left-leaning personality takes the number one spot, how far will Malcolm go to rule the airwaves again?

  • Duckrockers
    Duckrockers (2022)8.0

    In the fresh, funny and heart-warming prequel to Sione's Wedding, Pacific Island teenagers and best friends Michael, Albert, Sefa and Stan come of age in inner-city Auckland in 1984.

  • Border Patrol
    Border Patrol (2002)7.0

    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.

  • Kid Sister
    Kid Sister (2022)7.0

    Lulu, a loveable train wreck, goes on a laugh-out-loud ride as she struggles to balance her love of family and culture with finding her own path… one mistake at a time.

  • Educators
    Educators (2019)6.0

    Set behind the scenes of an ordinary Kiwi secondary school, following the hopelessly and hilariously inept people in charge of educating the next generation.

  • Good Grief
    Good Grief (2021)5.4

    Two very different sisters inherit a funeral home - and its eccentric employees - from their koro. While Ellie is determined to uphold her grandfather's legacy, Gwen can't wait to get to Bali and become a DJ. Can they figure out their lives while staring death in the face?

  • Drag Race Down Under
    Drag Race Down Under (2021)5.1

    Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!

  • Inside Taronga Zoo
    Inside Taronga Zoo (2020)5.0

    In this compelling, access-all-areas documentary series, viewers get an intimate look at just what it takes to run one of the world’s most famous and magnificent zoos.

  • Kura
    Kura (2020)2.0

    Billy-John is sick of doing nothing, going nowhere, and nothing ever-changing so he decides to leave small-town Papakura and head for the bright lights of the Gold Coast. He just needs to break the news to his best mate, his girlfriend, and his ragtag but close-knit family.

  • Highway Cops
    Highway Cops (2012)N/A

    The guardians of NZ's highways, they patrol our country's busiest roads. From honeymooners to hooligans, either way the Highway Cops will set them straight!

  • Toi Time
    Toi Time (2022)N/A

    Meet Tama, Māia, Jojo, Buzz and their whānau Aunty Anika, Wolfy, Oma and Mōhio as they dance, sing and have fun around their whare. Produced by Rogue Productions for TVNZ

  • Last at 11
    Last at 11 (2022)N/A

    Last at 11 is a mockumentary series that allows the audience access to TeamNZ and information about their America's Cup campaign, all-the-while wrapped up in an entertaining comedy.

  • Lu & the Bally Bunch
    Lu & the Bally Bunch (2023)N/A

    Navigating preschool life can be tricky! Lu the affectionate ladybird is used to getting her own way - but now, alongside her new classmates, she must learn what it means to be a good friend.

  • Night Eyes
    Night Eyes (2023)N/A

    Ghostbusting gang Tai, Vim, Scuff, and Cadence team up to ward off evil baddies and catch them on camera, before they take over our dimension!

  • Testify
    Testify (2024)N/A

    A charismatic young pastor clashes with his father’s powerful evangelical church. He forms an unlikely alliance with a queer podcaster, and they uncover a conspiracy of historic sexual abuse.

  • The Boy, the Queen and Everything in Between
    The Boy, the Queen and Everything in Between (2024)N/A

    Fresh out of prison and desperately needing a job, Jacob reaches out to the only person who can help - his father Max, who just happens to be Aotearoa's most famous drag queen.