Blue Murder Motel (2026–present)

Name: Blue Murder Motel
Genre: Drama, Crime

TV ShowOn airTVNZ 1Drama, Crime1 season, 8 episodes

Plot

When an Aussie cop couple trade their badges for a quiet life managing a beachside motel in New Zealand, they plan to leave police work behind them - that is until crime comes to them.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

01Episode 4S01E04 · 7.1Beloved locals Maude and Martin are poisoned by their own dinner — she dead, he barely alive. As Vinny and Cole investigate, cleaner Saffron and guest Maxine suspect the new motel owners hide secrets.
02Episode 3S01E03 · 6.9At Shady Vista Holiday Park, guest tensions erupt in a fiery murder. Constable Jamie Haira pulls retired ex-cops Vinny and Cole back into sleuthing, derailing their seaside retirement dreams.
03Episode 5S01E05 · 6.1A raucous 30th birthday weekend turns deadly when a motel guest is attacked during a fun run. Her sister, a TV ad actress turned trophy wife, bullies Vinny and Cole into investigating the murder.

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes2026Aired 6.2Season avg

S01E01Episode 1January 18, 2026 6.0Married ex-cops Vinny and Cole trade Sydney homicide for retirement bliss, running a retro seaside motel in coastal New Zealand—until a boys
S01E02Episode 2January 25, 2026 5.8It's peak summer and the town swarms with partying teens. When a boy vanishes with his jet ski, Vinny and Cole face a trio of intimidating,
S01E03Episode 3February 1, 2026 6.9At Shady Vista Holiday Park, guest tensions erupt in a fiery murder. Constable Jamie Haira pulls retired ex-cops Vinny and Cole back into sl
S01E04Season's bestEpisode 4February 8, 2026 7.1Beloved locals Maude and Martin are poisoned by their own dinner — she dead, he barely alive. As Vinny and Cole investigate, cleaner Saffron
S01E05Episode 5February 15, 2026 6.1A raucous 30th birthday weekend turns deadly when a motel guest is attacked during a fun run. Her sister, a TV ad actress turned trophy wife
S01E06Episode 6February 22, 2026 6.1Local councillor Gordon is found dead at home, the only witness his designer cat, now missing. As cat posters flood town, Vinny and Cole cla
S01E07Episode 7March 1, 2026 5.8A summer storm traps holidaymakers in the Blue Motel conference room as a local radio DJ dies mid-broadcast. Vinny and Cole investigate, whi
S01E08Episode 8March 8, 2026 5.6A summer market turns deadly when a local candy merchant dies in a freak accident. Vinny and Cole dig deeper and discover it was murder — an

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Castfull cast & details

Michala BanasVinny

Brett TuckerCole

Jayden DanielsJamie

Stephanie TauevihiMaxine

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