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Dead Ahead

TV·2025–present·1 season, 6 episodes·TVNZ+·Drama, Comedy, Family·22m·NEW·Created by Scotty Cotter

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A high-powered Māori lawyer (Miriama Smith) accidentally unleashes her chaotic tūpuna (ancestors), forcing the living and the dead to navigate their shared legacy.

Cast

Miriama SmithMiriama SmithKiri WharekoaScotty CotterScotty CotterMatua KareXavier HoranXavier HoranMatiu WharekoaMia Van OyenMia Van OyenAmiria WharekoaElijah TamatiElijah TamatiNate WharekoaKura ForresterKura ForresterMeremereanaPana Hema-TaylorPana Hema-TaylorUncle BullBlair StrangBlair Strang

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2025Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Coming HomeJune 30, 2025—The Wharekoa whānau arrive in Aotearoa and Nate quickly makes a new friend that leads him down an unknown path that sends his whānau into a
  2. S01E02Who is John BoyJune 30, 2025—Tensions are high in the Wharekoa whare as Amiria is determined to prove she’s not lying, but her journey of discovery leads her and the whā
  3. S01E03You’re Going to KuraJune 30, 2025—Amiria and Nate start Kura and much to their surprise so does Dad, while Kiri has a run in with a journalist that makes her nervous.
  4. S01E04Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies CloserJune 30, 2025—As the kids head off on a Kura haerenga, Kiri is led to tell Meremereana the truth, while Matiu brings home some unexpected whānau that floo
  5. S01E05Ki koe e MokoJune 30, 2025—In this flashback episode the whānau celebrate Nan’s 70th Birthday. Kiri must make one last sacrifice, but it is John Boy whose fate is deci
  6. S01E06Kua Kehi...June 30, 2025—In the season finale Kiri thinks she has it all figured out, not realising life as she knows it, is crumbling around her.

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