New Gripping Drama

The Ridge

Tuesdays 8:30pm

Running from the secrets in her past, Scottish doctor Mia Beaton thinks she’s going to New Zealand to attend her sister Cassy’s wedding. On arrival she’s shocked to learn Cassy has died, fallen from a mountain ridge. Believing Cassy was pushed and murdered, Mia sets about hunting for the killer. Stars Lauren Lyle (Outlander, Karen Pirie), Jay Ryan (Top of the Lake).

This brand new series starts Tue 21 Oct on Sky Open, Freeview channel 15.

NEW SHOWS IN OCTOBER

This award-winning docuseries highlights Māori success within the farming sector - from grassroots methodology to groundbreaking iwi-led initiatives.

Starring Sheridan Smith (The Teacher), this powerful true crime drama, tells the heartbreaking real-life story of a mother’s fight to overturn double jeopardy and see her daughter’s killer jailed over three wrenching decades.

A complex drama set in the world of high finance. U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and hedge fund king Bobby “Axe” Axelrod play a dangerous, winner-takes-all, game as they battle over billions. Stars: Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti.

Season 7 starts Tue 14 Oct.

Running from the secrets in her past, Scottish doctor Mia Beaton thinks she’s going to New Zealand to attend her sister Cassy’s wedding.

On arrival she’s shocked to learn Cassy has died, fallen from a mountain ridge. Believing Cassy was pushed and murdered, Mia sets about hunting for the killer. Stars: Lauren Lyle (Outlander, Karen Pirie), Jay Ryan (IT: Chapter Two, Top of the Lake)

With the cost of produce on the rise, including meat, Thrift host Katy Gosset talks to a butcher about the most cost-effective cuts and learns some tips and techniques. Then, some hints for around the house: thrifty tricks to make your rental property feel like home and second-hand styling that won't cost a bomb. Katy also visits an op-shop in Dunedin that's run by and for students.

Listen on rnz.co.nz/podcasts and on all podcast platforms. Also available on RNZ National - Tuesdays at 3.30pm from 28 October.

The Voice Australia is back with an almost brand new judging line-up, as Kate Miller-Heidke is joined by Spice Girl Melanie C, Ronan Keating and Richard Marx to in an exciting new search to find the next Aussie singing sensation.

Get behind Kiwi songstress Cassie Henderson as she takes to the stage in this year's competition!

Union and league are putting their differences aside as these ex professional rugby players work together to see just who can get back in the game.

Join Dame Joanna Lumley as she embarks on an epic journey across the heart of Europe along the world’s most international river, the Danube, taking her from Germany's Black Forest into the wine valleys of Austria and on to Vienna.

There are more than five million Kiwis and what we eat, search, buy and even flush is all data telling our story. It knows our secrets and leads us to people, places, and stories you’d never expect.

In Counting the Beat Tāmati Rimene-Sproat travels the motu, meeting the folks behind the numbers, as well as “average” New Zealanders with anything but average lives.

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

Its back! The Greatest, grittiest, funnies, sexiest drama for rangatahi (and rangatahi at heart) returns on Thursday 30 October with a special double episode from 9pm on Whakaata Māori. Binge the first 10 episodes of Season 7 on Māori+.

Our favourite fanatical fin-addicts are back on their extreme spear-fishing expeditions, as South Seas Spearo returns for its 6th season. Join these top athletes as they dive beyond 100 feet, facing the dangers of the deep in pursuit of underwater adventures.

After teenage loner Jake Webber discovers a vintage 'Good Guy' doll at a suburban yard sale, a quiet American town soon erupts into mayhem as a bloodchilling murder spree begins to spill everyone's deepest and darkest secrets.

World-renowned chef Analiese Gregory builds a new life for herself in Tasmania. With help from friends, Analiese learns to shoot and goes on an overnight fishing adventure.

Get your sports fix, free to view.

Sat 18 Oct 2pm - Meads Cup Final LIVE START
Sun 19 Oct 2pm - Lochore Cup Final LIVE START

The 25/26 home soil cricket season is swinging into action this week, starting with the BLACKCAPS.

7pm Sat 18 & Mon 20 Oct - LIVE coverage of the first and second matches in the three-match T20i series between the Blackcaps and England from Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

1:30pm Sun 26 & Wed 29 Oct - LIVE coverage of the first and second ODI matches between the New Zealand BLACKCAPS and England from Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

Catch all the action live and free on TVNZ 1.

Sun 19 Oct 5:30pm - Pacific Championships Men - Kiwis v Toa Samoa
Sun 19 Oct 11pm - Pacific Championship Women - Kiwi Ferns v Fetu Samoa

Sun 26 Oct 4pm: 3rd Test – Silver Ferns v Diamonds LIVE
Wed 29 Oct 7:30pm: 4th Test – Diamonds v Silver Ferns LIVE

Cousins Mig and Scott are back for the 13th season of Fishing & Adventure, combining top class fishing with their down to earth attitudes once again.

Fresh off the back of the weekend action, host Kirstie Stanway is joined by All Black legends Goldie and Mils to discuss and analyse all the hot topics.

James Parsons, Bryn Hall and Ross Karl give the player's view on the biggest talking points in rugby every week.

FILMS & DOCS FOR OCTOBER

Peter has his busy life with new partner Beth and their baby thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas. Starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern.

A chronicle of the decade long hunt for al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team 6 in May 2011. Starring Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt.

PREMIERE: Millie, a university student, misses her flight to New York and decides to stay in Wellington and post fake updates on social media to convince others she successfully took up an internship. Starring Ana Skotney.

This creative and daring doco reconstructs the audacious 2002 takeover of a Chinese state television signal by Falun Gong practitioners desperate to counter Beijing’s propaganda machine.

In March 2002, a state TV station in China was hijacked by members of outlawed spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal? Counter the government narrative about their practice. In the aftermath, police raids sweep Changchun City, and comic book illustrator Daxiong (Justice League, Star Wars), a Falun Gong practitioner, is forced to flee.

PREMIERE: A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his whānau the following spring.

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. Starring Nicholas Cage.

PREMIERE: An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminally ill old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she's strived for and holds dear.

Crocodile Dundee burst onto global screens, and into the hearts of millions, nearly 40 years ago, and remains Australia’s most successful film ever. This illuminating special examines the magic ingredients that turned the film into a beloved cultural icon.

Watch the special then the films on TVNZ 1:

Sun 26 Oct 7:30pm - Crocodile Dundee
Mon 27 Oct 7:30pm - Crocodile Dundee II

The film that ignited the legendary action franchise. Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to end it.

Watch 2 Fast 2 Furious the following Saturday 1 November on TVNZ 2.

From legendary director Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors). A lay preachers violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Māori tribes. Starring Guy Pearce, Antonio Te Maioha, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne.

This documentary film exposes a chilling chapter in New Zealand's history—one of systemic abuse in state care. Between 1950 and 2019, an estimated 250,000 children, many of whom were Māori, suffered at the hands of the state.

A carefree goose must lead two ducklings to safety, learning responsibility and the meaning of family along the way.

This sequel to Ghostbusters is incredibly charming from beginning to end, with nostalgia done to perfection. The ideal family film for Halloween!

This film adaptation of R. L. Stine's horror novels for teens is infinitely enjoyable and perfect to extend the Halloween fun. Starring Jack Black, RL Stine.