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Bust Up

Produced by Lippy Pictures [NZ], and MadeFor Films [Germany]

Creators: Paula Boock, Donna Malane
Producers: Paula Boock, Donna Malane, Nicole Horan
Executive Producers: Gunnar Juncken, Katrin Goetter, Paula Boock, Donna Malane
Writers: Paula Boock, Donna Malane, Holly Hudson, Annette Tahitahi Fifield
Directors: Max Currie, Awanui Simich-Pene

Airing: May 2026…

Bust Up follows former romantic partners Deb Brighton and Mihi Renata, who are unexpectedly reunited after a decade apart and forced to work side by side as police officers in the small (fictional) town of Waitote, the garden gnome capital of Aotearoa. Together the pair must navigate a series of crimes are as bizarre as they are dangerous, and as the stakes escalate, so does the emotional tension, pushing Deb and Mihi to confront the unresolved feelings they’ve spent years trying to bury. (6x50min)