The strangulation death of a nun on her way to chapel poses a challenge for the investigators when they learn members of her order have taken a vow of silence.
Charlie Baxter, chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society, is found dead next to his much-loved El Dorado.
When the coffin is opened at Declan's funeral, what is revealed is not his body but that of a young woman.
Ray creates Lord of the Ringz Tours, geared toward non-English speaking tourists, but shortly thereafter, his wife Debbie is found dead under a giant foam spider.
Holly Collins, Mike Shepherd's favorite musician, is scheduled to play in Brokenwood.
The charred remains of a body are discovered in the burned-out remnants of a rural shed, but no one lived there, and no one was meant to be there at all this is the third in a run of accidental deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade.
Jane Fergusson is gold panning in the Brokenwood River when she is gunned down the detectives soon learn that the Fergusson family has been feuding over gold since the 1860s with the Hollands, who have a homestead across the river from them.
One Sunday morning, the Brokenwood fountain is spraying reddish-brown water due to a man impaled on its sculpture the victim is an American tourist who has three gold coins.
Lynley Foster moved to a community of beach cottages at Pāteke Point in search of peace and quiet, but that dream is dashed by her disagreeable neighbor, Wyatt.
Golfers encounter the club's owner with her face blistering and gasping for her last breath.
A guest judge and a wine critic are found dead in a fermenting vat during Brokenwood's annual wine show.
Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is dispatched to the rural town of Brokenwood to investigate a suspicious death.
The whereabouts of a resident missing from a rest home are of vital importance in solving a case.
When Mike mysteriously leaves Brokenwood on other police business, Kristin leads the inquiry into a 1970s-themed party where several partygoers turn up dead.
A fundraising evening at the historic Brokenwood Empire Cinema becomes fatal when a fire breaks out, and after the smoke clears, a businessman is found strangled.
Mike, Kristin, and the team look into the murder of a farmer's market owner, who staggers into the crowd with a garden implement embedded into her back.
When four masked men attempt to rob the Brokenwood Savings Bank, Mike and the team must find out which one of them pulled the trigger that killed the bank manager.
A death occurring at Brokenwood's Historic Village brings Mike into contact with NZ's colonial past.
A surprise guest interrupts the picnic that Kristin, Breen and Gina throw for Mike's birthday.
Mike and his team investigate the murder of a man dressed as Santa, found with his throat slit.