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Dead Ahead

Dead Ahead
★ 9.0/10•2025•22m•Drama•Comedy•Family
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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.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime22m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 30, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - Coming HomeE122m

Coming Home

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 frenzy.

Jun 30, 2025

Episode 2 - Who is John BoyE223m

Who is John Boy

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 whānau to an emotional reunion.

Jun 30, 2025

Episode 3 - You’re Going to KuraE323m

You’re Going to Kura

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.

Jun 30, 2025

Episode 4 - Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies CloserE423m

Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer

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 floors Kiri.

Jun 30, 2025

Episode 5 - Ki koe e MokoE523m

Ki koe e Moko

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 decided.

Jun 30, 2025

Episode 6 - Kua Kehi...E623m

Kua Kehi...

In the season finale Kiri thinks she has it all figured out, not realising life as she knows it, is crumbling around her.

Jun 30, 2025

Actors

Miriama Smith

Miriama Smith

Kiri Wharekoa

Scotty Cotter

Scotty Cotter

Matua Kare

Xavier Horan

Xavier Horan

Matiu Wharekoa

Mia Van Oyen

Mia Van Oyen

Amiria Wharekoa

Elijah Tamati

Elijah Tamati

Nate Wharekoa

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