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Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud

Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud

★ 6.0/10•2011•40m•Drama
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The incredible real-life events that put New Zealand's criminal world on the map.

Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts events prior to and concurrent with Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.

StatusEnded
Runtime40m
LanguageEN
First Air DateAug 17, 2011

Episodes

E140m

Disorganised Crime

Marty Johnstone's criminal career gets a boost when he makes contact with a supplier of Thai cannabis sticks. With his new business associates, Terry Smith and Big Ari, he builds a drug empire. Detectives Charlton & Derwent help with Marty's arrest.

Aug 17, 2011

E240m

Trains 'N' Boats 'N' Planes

Marty tries his luck in the tough London criminal scene, setting up the smuggling of 75,000 LSD tabs. The Syndicate becomes more organised as Detectives Charlton & Derwent are assigned to the Special Investigations Unit.

Aug 24, 2011

E340m

All at Sea

Andy and Marty arrange their first big blue-water shipment out of Thailand. The SIU has major setbacks with building a case against the Syndicate and Josh Easby, a reporter at the Auckland Star, realizes he may be onto something big.

Aug 31, 2011

E440m

Marty/Party

Marty is living the high life, but his addictions to drugs mean that mistakes are being made. Terry Clark begins plotting to cut Marty out of the New Zealand drug market. Ben and Carole are frustrated by the powers-that-be, and the drug war gets personal.

Sep 7, 2011

E540m

Dominoes

Marty desperately tries to clean himself up to get back on top. The Auckland Star investigation continues and it puts pressure on both the police and Marty. Terry has Pommy Harry killed, as the tensions between himself & Marty reach boiling point

Sep 14, 2011

E640m

Thirty of Silver/One of Gold

Andy reluctantly starts the preparations to kill Marty, who is trying to set up one more deal. Andy lures Marty to Scotland and kills him, bringing the police case to an abrupt end.

Sep 21, 2011

Actors

Dan Musgrove

Dan Musgrove

Marty Johnstone

Thijs Morris

Andy Maher

Jamie Irvine

Jamie Irvine

Detective Ben Charlton

Holly Shanahan

Holly Shanahan

Detective Carole Derwent

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