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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Band Played On/The Ill Blacks

    • January 1, 2003
    • TVNZ

    The first segment "The Band Played On" talks about Auckland's Mount Eden Prison Band going on a crime spree which would later expose individuals from daytime crooks to the top brass of the New Zealand Justice System. The second segment, "The Ill Blacks" exposes new information on how the All Blacks were poisoned 48 hours prior to the 1995 Rugby World Cup final against South Africa.

  • S01E02 The Clown Bashing Cover-Up/Oil and Water Don't Mix

    • January 8, 2003
    • TVNZ

    Segment one "The Clown Bashing Cover-Up" explores who were the officers that assaulted a group of people dressed up as clowns and police brutality in general during the 1981 Springbok tour protests. Segment two "Oil and Water Don't Mix" explores how an invention during the oil crisis of the 1970s would lead to the deaths of three Kiwi's in mysterious circumstances.

  • S01E03 The Bogle-Chandler Mystery

    • January 15, 2003
    • TVNZ

    This one segment explores the mysterious death of Dr Gilbert Bogle and his lover Margaret Chandler in a secluded park in Sydney, Australia. Did they die from suicide, poisoning or did Bogle die because he knew too much?

  • S01E04 The Truth Isn't Always Out There/The Callgirl and the Cabinet Minister

    • January 22, 2003
    • TVNZ

    In the first segment "The Truth Isn't Always Out There" explores the many UFO sightings across New Zealand in recent history. The second segment "The Callgirl and the Cabinet Minister" explores how English singer Mandy Rice-Davies - who was at the center of the Profumo Scandal - was denied entry into New Zealand thanks to one cabinet minister. What would make one politician want to fight tooth-and-nail to deny her entry? What secrets did he have?

  • S01E05 Kirk, Commies & the CIA

    • January 29, 2003
    • TVNZ

    In segment one "Kirk, Commies & the CIA" explores the death of the 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand Norman Kirk. His death was accepted by the public as a heart attack due to his weight...but was that really the cause?

  • S01E06 Making A Splash/The Lost Code Cover-up

    • February 5, 2003
    • TVNZ

    Segment one "Making a Splash" looks at New Zealand's involvement in the making of the Atomic Bomb and how an experiment such as the Tsunami Bomb was carried out somewhere of the coast of Auckland. Segment two "The Lost Code Cover-up" explores how New Zealand code breakers almost gave away positions of the Allied war-machine in the Pacific.

  • S01E07 What's a Few Men?

    • February 12, 2003
    • TVNZ

    In this episode "What's a Few Men?" explores how 17 New Zealanders were caught and executed by the Japanese soldiers in the Pacific and how it affected the lives of the families of these brave young men and how the anger of one family member would be shown in one of the darkest days in New Zealand during WWII.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Mysterious Miss X

    • January 1, 2004
    • TVNZ

    In this episode, Peter explores the life of Wellington woman Kay Marsh, a average Kiwi housewife who turned to the secret world of espionage and played the double agent game for the KGB and the Australian/New Zealand Secret Service.

  • S02E02 Disks, Dollars, Death

    • January 8, 2004
    • TVNZ

    In this episode, Peter explores the mysterious death of computer technician Paul White and how sloppy clean up work almost exposed the dealings of the current government in power.

  • S02E03 Erebus Unsolved

    • January 15, 2004
    • TVNZ

    In this episode, Peter explores the story on the biggest cover-up in New Zealand history - the crash of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 on Mt Erebus, Antarctica.

  • S02E04 The Ghost Ship

    • January 22, 2004
    • TVNZ

    In this episode, Peter explores the mystery of MV Joyita, one of New Zealand's biggest maritime mysteries. How did a boatful of people just vanish into thin air?

  • S02E05 The Spy Outfit

    • January 29, 2004
    • TVNZ

    In this episode, Peter reveals how the NZ Secret Service caught a Russian spy - who must go down as the sloppiest in history.

  • S02E06 Secret Mission Disaster

    • February 5, 2004
    • TVNZ

    In this episode, Peter explores the 1943 Whenuapai Liberator crash carrying 23 passengers on board and revealing the truth to its captain - some 60 years later.

  • S02E07 JFK Conspiracy Downunder/Kaikoura's Close Encounter

    • February 12, 2004
    • TVNZ

    In segment one of this episode, Peter explores the JFK conspiracy theory connected to NZ first mentioned in Oliver Stone's 1991 movie JFK and in segment two, Peter uncovers the the infamous Kaikoura Lights of the late 1970s.