Season 3

This series gives viewers a privileged glimpse into the gritty world of the detectives of the CIB – The Criminal Investigation Branch of the NZ Police. Handpicked and highly trained, the detectives target killers, rapists, robbers and crooks and deliver them to justice. Crime Down Under: The Detectives asks: who are the unheralded investigators responsible for cracking our most baffling and notorious crimes? How do they do it? Above all, what drives their determination to dismantle a crime, piece by painstaking piece, in their dogged quest to unlock the truth? Former and current detectives shed light on the challenges of dealing with the very worst elements of our society, in interviews that are surprisingly frank and in equal parts amusing and chilling. Dramatisations bring to life what they deal with and paint a picture of the worlds of violent crime.