Meet the police men and women tasked with keeping our highways safe.
There is holiday hell on the highway; police are forced to babysit a teenager; and an officer struggles with young drunk women in Invercargill.
The prospect of a 10-kilometre walk provokes a teenage tantrum, while a high speed crash starts a bush fire.
A young man smokes up more than his tyres in Oamaru and a driver ends up in the dog box in Omarama.
There's a man-hunt outside Nelson, and a mystery crash leaves a young woman with serious injuries near Levin.
A driver pays the price for a good night out and a rubbish truck goes way off road near Nelson.
A routine stop turns rough in Nelson and a drunk Brazilian has a close call with his girlfriend in Queenstown.
A police officer sniffs out illegal substances on a Dunedin student, and high water leaves 500 campers stranded in the High Country.
A Dannevirke man admits to purchasing his car with cannabis, and a driver puts his livelihood, and his license, on the line.
Season finale: A routine traffic stop turns into trouble on the Desert Road, and a drunk driver thinks he's above the law in Oamaru.
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Tonight on Highway Cops; it’s man versus fence on the streets of Hokitika; a driver is sprung pushing his luck; and royalty descends on Nelson.
There's a race on gravel roads to locate a distress signal; a driver’s stack-up becomes his downfall; and a car that’s literally held together with a piece of string.
A collision stops a motorbike tour in its tracks; a search for a young woman along state highway one; and officers find one car a little on-the-nose at a checkpoint in Dunedin
Bad news for a group of friends on the streets of Whanganui; angry drivers in Richmond and Palmerston North; and on the hunt for stolen goods.
New Season: Follow New Zealand's Highway Patrol as they tirelessly work their way up and down our country's varied and volatile highways and byways dealing with everything that's thrown their way.
A lucky escape near Lake Dunstan after a car plunges down a cliff; a truck vs car stand off on state highway one; and drivers across the Country cross the line
An engines overheat almost ruins a birthday treat; driving complaints are lost in translation outside of Alexandra; and honeymooners walk away from a spectacular crash in the Lindis Pass
Lights and sirens fail to get the attention of a challenged motorist; duct-tape decoration in Canterbury; and a Caravan comes a cropper outside of Whanganui.
Tonight on Highway Cops, Southern districts police come face to face with the morning after the night before on New Years day; and a keen golfer lands himself in the bunker in Waitara
An armed response has police on high alert in Levin. An early morning crash causes traffic chaos outside of Timaru and an old classic gets some unwanted attention in Queenstown.
Tonight on Highway Cops; Cars caught racing at over 150K in Canterbury; a notorious crash site strikes again in central Otago; and an overdue impound catches up with a young driver in Timaru
Tonight on Highway Cops; Campers and convoys make for a busy day on the Crown Range road; a slow driver creates quite a stir in Canterbury; and holiday-makers come unstuck on the Milford Rd
Tonight on Highway Cops; Ice, snow and close calls during the Queenstown Winterfest, a driver accidentally ditches his van in Canterbury, and a selfie taker comes unstuck in Nelson
Returning: Tonight, a police pursuit ends on foot in Canterbury, tempers flare near Oamaru and a wobbly wheel worries police just out of Cromwell.
A driver flips out on the Devils Staircase, a speeder keeps his cards close to his chest, and an oil slick creates a clean-up job.
Police put paid to a pissed cruise' in Alexandra, map reading is a speeding driver's downfall and a groom-to-be loses his load.
Road rage gets the better of a festival goer in the South; a chopper fixes a comms issue; and the Ohakune Mardi Gras kicks off for another year.
A theft in Levin has police on alert, a driver comes unstuck on a one-way bridge, and a lack of car seats cuts a family trip short.
A bovine bolter makes an escape attempt; a not so sober driver is stopped in Dunedin; and a would-be inventor touts his wares.
It's a case of three strikes you're out for haulers in Canterbury, confusion abounds in Dunedin and it's Mum to the rescue in the central North Island.
Boy racers wreck their rotaries in Timaru, a dangerous driver in Central Otago claims he's a Grand Prix champion, and cop versus bull on the backroads of North Canterbury.
A cattle truck flip plunges livestock into a river and traps a steer beneath the wreckage, friends escape out the window when their car door won't open, and a pony on the loose in Twizel.
A reckless teen's speeding ends spectacularly; a caravan loses an essential part at the top of the Lindis Pass; and bad haircuts, bad language, and really bad behaviour in Nelson.
A drunk driver who can barely stand, the weird and wonderful at the Hokitika Bike Rally, and a Waikanae fisherman hooks two big ones: an impressive kingfish and $950 of infringements.
A dodgy odometer and diesel fraud, a dust cloud causes chaos on the Canterbury Plains, and becoming world-famous in Otaki for all the wrong reasons.
The Highway Cops deal with a rolled car in a ditch, a girl in a boot, and a meth pipe in a glovebox.
A speeding groom has lost his wife's wedding dress, a crafty driver makes his own license plates, and two thieves take the 'free' in freedom camping too far when they steal caravans.
A vacation comes to a smashing conclusion for a touring family; two rugged explorers 4-wheel-drive the back roads; and a group of SADD volunteers cheerfully encourage sober drivers.
A carload of would-be monks need divine intervention; a chatty driver gets a fine for using his phone; and you never know who you‘ll meet when picking up a hitch hicker!
A driver confesses that he's had two cans too many, a motorist hits the gas when he bumps the pumps at the petrol station and you know it's bad when you get overtaken by your own wheel!
A free ride becomes costly when the passenger realises his driver is drunk, and the hunt for a speeding driver starts with a funeral and ends in a graveyard.
A police vehicle ramming in Foxton takes running away to a new level. Going double the speed limit is a birthday blunder, but in the Lindis Pass they're sheepishly slow.
Motorheads in Timaru are rowdy and raising a ruckus, a young driver tries to give his license away, and a disqualified driver makes daytrips to the beach
A hot-pool soak before hitting the road sends a driver to sleep,and there’s no social distancing when a short-tempered motorist gets up in Sergeant Martin’s face.
A truck is hit by an out-of-control hatchback - all caught on dashcam, a broken-down gent who could be the AA's longest member and driving three hours with a broken hand.
This time on Highway Cops: Clueless drivers, clothes-less drivers, and roadside turkey wrangling.
This time on Highway Cops: A smoker nearly smokes himself when he hits a power pole, the cousin nobody wants to come along on a road trip and Bolt the dog lives up to his name.
This time on Highway Cops: A horrifying crash near Horohoro, meeting a traveller head-on at the pass and a sheep hoofing it down the highway.
This time on Highway Cops: It's no dad joke when a new father is caught speeding with his baby on board. a migraine induced mess on the backroads and a unique excuse for speeding on a Harley.
This time on Highway Cops: A nose-to-tail could become a fist-to-face, the international tourists have gone but Kiwis are behaving just as badly on the roads and two tickets in one day.
A driver meets police head-on after a risky overtaking move, and the drink driving process drags on when a driver can't blow and is too scared of needles to give a blood sample.
This time on Highway Cops: A breakfast beer ruins a driver's day, the fastest car Constable Grant has ever ticketed and a car door held together with string.