Dead Ahead

Dead Ahead

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

DramaComedyFamily

Seasons

1. Coming Home

Air Date: 2025-06-30

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.

2. Who is John Boy

Air Date: 2025-06-30

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.

3. You’re Going to Kura

Air Date: 2025-06-30

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.

4. Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer

Air Date: 2025-06-30

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.

5. Ki koe e Moko

Air Date: 2025-06-30

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.

6. Kua Kehi...

Air Date: 2025-06-30

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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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

2025-06-30

Episodes

6 (1 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast

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

Kura Forrester

Kura Forrester

Meremereana

Pana Hema-Taylor

Pana Hema-Taylor

Uncle Bull

Blair Strang

Blair Strang

Production Companies

Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand