Border Patrol: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Border Patrol Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Aug 15, 2022
In denial or being duped? Customs stop a woman who doesn’t believe she’s in the wrong, but her suitcase full of cocaine says otherwise.
Episode 2
Aug 15, 2022
Customs and Immigration team-up to talk to a man from Latvia, who has plans to start a new country. Meanwhile, travellers from Malaysia turn up with enough fruit to fill a fridge.
Episode 3
Aug 22, 2022
Immigration officers interview a man matching the profile of a suspected drug smuggler, and it’s ‘Goodbye Pork Pie’ at Biosecurity NZ.
Episode 4
Aug 29, 2022
A Customs investigation stops a massive cigarette-smuggling ring dead in its tracks, a woman arriving from Brazil has a ‘ticket to nowhere’ and Biosecurity intercept a man with ant
Episode 5
Sep 5, 2022
A businessman from Pakistan keeps his visa history under wraps while an American Kiwi lands with a passport that says he’s 6 feet under.
Episode 6
Sep 12, 2022
A mysterious vial of liquid puts Customs on high alert; Immigration officers play a confusing game of “he said, she said” with a traveller from Columbia.
Episode 7
Sep 12, 2022
A New Zealand national loses her cool over a permit for her favourite ginseng, an itinerary raises red flags at Immigration and Customs officers find MDMA hidden inside art supplie
Episode 8
Sep 26, 2022
Friendly or phoney? Customs uncover suspicious paperwork in the luggage of a New Zealand resident. A traveller from China tries to convince Immigration that she’s a genuine tourist
Episode 9
Oct 3, 2022
A returning New Zealand traveller experiences phone search fury in Customs red zone. Immigration turns up a problematic past with a US visitor.
Episode 10
Oct 17, 2022
A Chilean visa runner tries to dash across the ditch and Customs uncover a crafty concealment inside a wooden pallet. Immigration checks a Romanian’s hacker career is legit.