TV ShowReturning Series

Dead Ahead

2025

~22 min / ep

1 season

6 episodes

DramaComedyFamily

A high-powered Māori lawyer (Miriama Smith) accidentally unleashes her chaotic tūpuna (ancestors), forcing the living and the dead to navigate their shared legacy.

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Cast

Miriama Smith

Scotty Cotter

Xavier Horan

Mia Van Oyen

Elijah Tamati

Kura Forrester

Pana Hema-Taylor

Blair Strang

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Coming Home
30-06-202522 min
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.
Ep 2
2.Who is John Boy
30-06-202523 min
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.
Ep 3
3.You’re Going to Kura
30-06-202523 min
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.
Ep 4
4.Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer
30-06-202523 min
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.
Ep 5
5.Ki koe e Moko
30-06-202523 min
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.
Ep 6
6.Kua Kehi...
30-06-202523 min
In the season finale Kiri thinks she has it all figured out, not realising life as she knows it, is crumbling around her.

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