
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 worksβ¦

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 β 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.