Motorway Patrol

New Zealand TV series or program

Motorway Patrol

Genre	Observational Documentary Television Series
Starring	Motorway Patrol Officers
Narrated by	Derek Judge
Composer	Liquid Studios
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
No. of seasons	20
No. of episodes	206^[1]
Production
Executive producer	Andrea Lamb
Producers	Philippa Hall, Peter Clews, Tash Christie
Production locations	Auckland, New Zealand
Camera setup	OPC, multi single-camera crews
Running time	22 minutes (approx)
Production company	Greenstone TV
Original release
Network	TVNZ 2
Release	16 September 1999 (1999-09-16) – present
Related
Highway Patrol (Australian TV series) Highway Cops (NZ TV Series) Road Cops (NZ TV Series)

Motorway Patrol is a New Zealand observational documentary show created by Greenstone Pictures. The show follows the daily lives of police officers patrolling the motorways of New Zealand.

The show is also shown on ITV4 and Sky Mix in the United Kingdom.

About the show

The show follows Motorway Patrol officers who pull over drivers on the motorways of Auckland for all sorts of suspected infractions of the law, including dangerous driving, speeding and when vehicles are 'unroadworthy'. There are major road accidents, suspects caught with illegal substances and much more, thus offering a certain type of drama and action for the viewer. In 2009, Australia launched its own version of the New Zealand series, titled Highway Patrol.

The show depicts the police involved in high-speed police chases, attending major road accidents, confronting out-of-control drunk drivers as well as issuing lesser penalty notices to drivers.^[2] Each episode follows the progress of a select few incidents involving various Highway Patrol officers, from the first encounter by the officers through to the officers leaving the scene, with the exception that occasionally the officers will escort a driver back to a police station for the purpose of a breath test or blood sample. Fines, court convictions and demerit points issued in relation to each incident are shown in a voiced-over addendum at the end.