8.4/10351 votesLoading...#1 - Dog Day Morning
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2021
When four masked men attempt to rob the Brokenwood Savings Bank, it's up to Mike and the team to determine which one of them pulled the trigger and killed the bank manager.
Director: Mark Beesley
Writer: Timothy Balme, Nic Sampson
8.2/10301 votesLoading...#2 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 5/3/2021
When Mike mysteriously leaves Brokenwood on other police business, Kristin is left to lead the investigation into a 1970s party where several party-goers wind up dead.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.1/10268 votesLoading...#3 - Good as Gold
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 7/25/2022
A 160-year-old family feud over gold becomes the main motive for murder when a modern-day cowgirl is gunned down in cold blood.
Director: Caroline Bell-Booth
Writer: Sarah-Kate Lynch
8.1/10192 votesLoading...#4 - Day of the Dead
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 5/6/2024
When the Brokenwood Small Business Association stage a Mexican "Day of the Dead" night market, they don't bargain on an actual dead body becoming part of the festivities.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10405 votesLoading...#5 - Over Her Dead Body
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2016
Brokenwood is in mourning as beloved local poet Declan O’Grady is being farewelled at St Judas Church after being struck down by cancer. But things go from bad to worse when his coffin accidentally falls from the hearse revealing that the corpse inside is not Declan but a young woman identifiable only by a notable scarlet tattoo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10302 votesLoading...#6 - Something Nasty at the Market
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 4/19/2021
Mike, Kristin and the team investigate the murder of a Farmer's Market Owner who staggers into the crowd with a garden implement fatally embedded in her back.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn
Writer: Fiona Samuel
8.0/10258 votesLoading...#7 - Three Coins in a Fountain
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 7/18/2022
When the world champion of the curious sport of Spoofing is found dead in a fountain, the Brokenwood detectives must determine who was willing to commit murder in order to win at all costs.
Director: David de Lautour
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/10246 votesLoading...#8 - Nun of the Above
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/2023
The team at Brokenwood must navigate a group of nuns who've taken a vow of silence when a member of their order is strangled on their way to chapel.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10167 votesLoading...#9 - Love You to Death
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 5/20/2024
Brokenwood's favorite dentist, Sonny Lyman, is the subject of Jools Fahey's amorous attentions; Jools becomes a prime suspect when Sonny's wife is found gassed in an oven.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10164 votesLoading...#10 - House of Screams
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 5/27/2024
The House of Screams, a local scare attraction, becomes the venue for an actual murder when a teenager is found with a sickle through his neck.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10350 votesLoading...#11 - Stone Cold Dead
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/2017
Charity Highmore-Browne is the owner and curator of Brokenwood's Historic Village. A stickler for all things Victorian, Charity lives in a time warp. Her sudden death by an arrow brings Mike and his team into the realm of New Zealand's colonial past as they deal with a blacksmith, a missionary and the local postmaster. Not to be overlooked is Charity's sister who once represented the country at the Olympics, missing out on a bronze medal in archery. As the investigation brings up questions about Charity's lifestyle and the mysterious disappearance of her husband seven years earlier, the team are faced with the possibility that Brokenwood is dealing with its first serial killer. Things are complicated further when Mike is forced out of the office due to a health scare and Kristin takes charge of the case. But can Mike truly hand over the reins?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10355 votesLoading...#12 - As If Nothing Had Happened
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2017
Sunset Manor is a rest home in Brokenwood for the aged and bewildered. The new resident is Edward Alderston. Having recently lost his wife, his family has decided Sunset Manor is the best place for him, especially now that the Alzheimer’s is taking hold. Mrs Marlowe is a regular visitor, offering sing-alongs at the piano for the residents. But Edward is hoping for more of an ally than that. He’s planning an escape. In fact he’s been practicing. The only problem is he can’t remember the plan. But when a man is found with a Samurai sword through his back floating in his swimming pool in the neighbouring street, Edward’s exact whereabouts becomes of real importance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10328 votesLoading...#13 - A Real Page Turner
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2019
World-renowned crime-writing author Jack Rudd visits Brokenwood to give a reading at the local book club from his latest novel - but never leaves, falling victim to a method of murder portrayed in his own book.
Director: Aidee Walker
Writer: Fiona Samuel
7.9/10314 votesLoading...#14 - Dead Men Don't Shoot Ducks
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2019
When an animal activist is killed on the first day of duck hunting season, Mike and the team must determine whether it was an accidental shooting, or something more sinister
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10350 votesLoading...#15 - From the Cradle to the Grave
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2022
Mike Shepherd and the team get a lesson in local history when the Brokenwood museum uncovers a dead body in the most unlikely of places.
Director: Joshua Frizzell
Writer: Timothy Balme
7.9/10257 votesLoading...#16 - Spark to a Flame
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2022
In the remote community of beaches at Pateke Point, a local resident ends up bludgeoned to death by an unknown blunt object and locked inside a house not her own.
Director: Jacqueline Nairn
Writer: Roy Ward
7.9/10227 votesLoading...#17 - Going to the Dogs
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2023
Mike, Kristin and Chalmers must determine who wanted a local vet nurse dead when she uncovers a doping scandal and gets murdered for knowing too much.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10357 votesLoading...#18 - A Merry Bloody Christmas
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/2016
With December approaching Brokenwood is alive and well with Christmas spirit. That is until a gruesome sight confronts Mike and his team; Santa Claus with his throat slit. Or as Mike insists – ‘not Santa, but a man dressed in a Santa suit’. The man is in fact the much-loved local Mayor, Evan Whitestone, who dresses as Santa every year for the Christmas parade. But with local elections looming, attention turns to his four rivals for the mayoral chains. Each of them has an axe to grind with Evan or, in this case - a cut throat razor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10318 votesLoading...#19 - Tontine
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2018
Cycling is very de rigour around the globe and no less in Brokenwood. When one such MAMIL, (Middle Aged Man In Lycra), Lester Nyman, reaches the top of a local mountain after a gruelling ride and suffers a massive coronary, it doesn't seem suspicious. But then Gina reveals his toxicology showed astronomical levels of caffeine in his system and Mike starts to look more closely.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10279 votesLoading...#20 - Exposed to the Light
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 4/26/2021
A fundraising evening at the historic Brokenwood Empire Cinema turns deadly when a fire breaks out, and when the smoke clears, a local businessman is found strangled.
Director: Aidee Walker
Writer: Roy Ward
7.8/10157 votesLoading...#21 - Publish or Be Damned
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2024
A writers retreat on a picturesque estate generates ample inspiration when the mentor, Dame Audrey McKinnon, is found deceased, floating under a nearby waterfall.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10427 votesLoading...#22 - Hunting the Stag
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2014
Four close friends go hunting in the bush on a stag trip. But the groom-to-be never comes back – he was shot through the head. Initially this would seem to be just another tragic hunting accident amidst picturesque New Zealand bush. The only problem is none of the remaining three friends own up to pulling the trigger that fired the lethal bullet - yet all three had discharged their rifles – with no deer to prove it. The question is – who shot Hayden Renner? Was he mistaken for a real stag or was there something more sinister at play?
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme, Philip Dalkin
7.7/10395 votesLoading...#23 - Catch of the Day
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2015
The bucolic coastal waters off Brokenwood support a thriving fishing industry. But when Jared discovers a severed human hand in a crayfish pot it appears to be harbouring something far more sinister. Who does the hand belong to and are they still alive?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10398 votesLoading...#24 - Blood Pink
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2015
Holly Collins is not only DSS Mike Shepherd's favourite country musician she's also playing in Brokenwood. Unfortunately it turns out to be her final gig. When she is found electrocuted it appears to be a rock'n'roll suicide. But then again it could have been a drunken accident - or, as Mike suspects, it is perhaps something less obvious. With a careless note scrawled in lipstick the only clue, Mike has to set aside his personal interest in the victim and strike the right note with Holly's dysfunctional band members: Slim Fingers, Waylon Strings and Jesse James. But the more he finds out, the more he needs to know and the less he likes what he learns.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10316 votesLoading...#25 - Bride Not To Be
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2018
The Cream Boat is a charming vessel that chugs its way up the scenic Brokenwood waterways. It carries sightseers and Christmas parties and often Hen Parties. Professional tennis player, Ophelia Marley, is one such lucky Hen. Her Bridesmaids have organised a big day migrating from the township via the Cream Boat to the Tidal View Lodge where they stay overnight.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries
Every episode of The Brokenwood Mysteries ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries!
In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Genres:MysteryDramaCrime
Best Episodes Summary
"Dog Day Morning" is the best rated episode of "The Brokenwood Mysteries". It scored 8.4/10 based on 351 votes. Directed by Mark Beesley and written by Timothy Balme, Nic Sampson, it aired on 4/12/2021. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson".