Series synopsis
Wellington Paranormal is a comedy sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TVNZ 2 on July 11, 2018. It ended on March 23, 2022. It was created by Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi. It stars Mike Minogue, Karen O'Leary and Maaka Pohatu.
New Zealand's capital is a hotbed of supernatural activity... so Officers Minogue and O'Leary, who featured in the vampire documentary What We Do In The Shadows, take to the streets to investigate all manner of paranormal phenomena.
Premise
New Zealand's capital is a hotbed of supernatural activity... so Officers Minogue and O'Leary, who featured in the vampire documentary What We Do In The Shadows, take to the streets to investigate all manner of paranormal phenomena.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Mike Minogue as Officer Minogue
- Karen O'Leary as Officer O'Leary
- Maaka Pohatu as Sergeant Maaka
Guest cast
- Tom Sainsbury as Officer Parker
- Tom Clarke as Young Naked Man
- Gabe McDonnell as Wife
- Erika Camacho as Demon Girl
- Ralph Johnson as Tramp
- Paul Yates as Husband
- Basil Keeman as Demon Dog (voice)
- Jake Cenac as Online Preacher
- Andi Crown as Chloe Patterson
- David Fane as Raymond St John
- Acacia O'Connor as Cake Girl
- John Wraight as Peter
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 51 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 26 | October 23, 2018 | September 3, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 6 | July 11, 2018 | August 15, 2018 |
| Season 2 | 7 | October 16, 2019 | December 19, 2019 |
| Season 3 | 6 | February 24, 2021 | March 31, 2021 |
| Season 4 | 6 | February 16, 2022 | March 23, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police Recruitment Video - Breaking News | October 23, 2018 |
| 2 | Police Summer Safety - Zombie | December 4, 2018 |
| 3 | Police Summer Safety - UFO | December 12, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Demon Girl Officers Minogue and O'Leary bring in what appears to be a projectile-vomiting drunk teenager. Sergeant Maaka delves deeper and invites the officers to join his Paranormal Unit. |
July 11, 2018 |
| 2 |
Cop Circles Minogue and O'Leary travel to the rural outskirts to investigate photographic evidence of a cow up a tree. Maaka suspects alien activity and sure enough, the two cops soon discover evidence. |
July 18, 2018 |
| 3 |
Things That Do the Bump in the Night Minogue and O'Leary attend a noise complaint at what appears to be a 70s-themed party in Kandallah. But when they pull the plug on the record player, everyone disappears. |
July 25, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Taniwha Minogue and O'Leary head for the ocean when ten anglers disappear from around Wellington Harbour in mysterious circumstances. |
October 16, 2019 |
| 2 |
Fear the Briannas Minogue and O'Leary go back to school when three teen witches start threatening students at a local girls' high school. But they soon learn their teasing can be just as damaging as their magical powers. |
October 23, 2019 |
| 3 |
Mt Vic Hooters Minogue and O'Leary unwittingly free the ghost of an old fashioned cop from the 1930s. Can they stop him before he shuts every pub in Wellington for being open after 6pm closing time? |
October 30, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Invisible Fiend After getting called out to a mysterious home invasion with no visible signs of entry, Minogue and O'Leary manage to arrest an invisible entity and bring it in for questioning. |
February 24, 2021 |
| 2 |
Te Maero After finding footage of a camper being abducted by a large hairy creature, the cops decide to head for the bush. |
March 3, 2021 |
| 3 |
Fear Factory The cops’ worst nightmares are realised when they encounter a shapeshifter who turns into the thing you fear the most. |
March 10, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bird Woman Minogue and O'Leary tackle a half bird/half human that's been stealing shiny objects from around Wellington including the 'W' from the Wellington sign. |
February 16, 2022 |
| 2 |
The Wicked Man When a not-so-young 'girl' goes missing, O'Leary and Minogue search for her on the mysterious Sales Island run by a weird goat-worshipping cult. |
February 23, 2022 |
| 3 |
The Coolening After giving a talk at a high school, Minogue and O'Leary confiscate a haunted leather jacket that makes whoever wears it cool; something neither Minogue nor O'Leary are used to. |
March 2, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVNZ 2 |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 11, 2018 |
| Last aired | March 23, 2022 |
| Runtime | 21 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 20:30:00 |