Dead Ahead

23min

Drama

Comedy

Family

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

Episodes

Cast

Coming Home

1. Coming Home

22min

30th Jun 2025

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.

Who is John Boy

2. Who is John Boy

23min

30th Jun 2025

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.

You’re Going to Kura

3. You’re Going to Kura

23min

30th Jun 2025

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.

Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer

4. Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer

23min

30th Jun 2025

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.

Ki koe e Moko

5. Ki koe e Moko

23min

30th Jun 2025

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.

Kua Kehi...

6. Kua Kehi...

23min

30th Jun 2025

In the season finale Kiri thinks she has it all figured out, not realising life as she knows it, is crumbling around her.

First air date

30th Jun 2025

Last air date

30th Jun 2025

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks