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Bust Up Season 2 release date
June 5, 2027.
That’s a Saturday. 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET on Sky Open and NEON NZ. New Zealand viewers get it at 8 p.m. NZST. Prime time Saturday night. That’s a big slot for a local show.
Four episodes. Forty-three minutes each. That’s just under three hours total. Short season. New Zealand does that. Quality over quantity.
Season 1 came out in 2026. People loved it. A crime comedy set in a small town where everyone makes garden gnomes. Former romantic partners forced to work together as cops. It’s weird. It’s funny. It’s very Kiwi.
Season 2 picks up where Season 1 left off. The cliffhanger involved a gnome, a shovel, and someone who wasn’t dead but probably should have been.
Bust Up Season 2 cast
Here’s the full cast:
- Morgana O’Reilly as Deb Brighton
- Roimata Fox as Mihi Renata
- Matariki Whatarau as Cody Woods
- Xavier Horan as Snr Sgt Batistich (Batty)
- Amelia Reid as Nicole Kelsey
- Peter Hambleton as Roundy Kelsey
- Jodie Rimmer as Rita Brighton
- Antonio Te Maioha as Tricky (Te Ariki) Renata
- Tim Carlsen as Simon Tipple
- Maateiwarangi Heta Morris as Sonny Renata
- Clementine Mills as Lena
Morgana O’Reilly plays Deb. She was in Housebound. That Kiwi horror comedy. She’s great at playing someone who’s annoyed but also scared. Deb is annoyed all the time. Scared sometimes. Mostly annoyed.
Roimata Fox plays Mihi. She’s newer. This is her big role. She plays the ex-girlfriend who left town ten years ago and is now back. She’s calm where Deb is loud. She’s patient where Deb is impulsive. They balance each other.
Matariki Whatarau plays Cody Woods. The young officer. The one who actually knows what he’s doing. He’s caught between Deb and Mihi. He doesn’t want to pick sides. He has to.
Xavier Horan plays Senior Sergeant Batistich. Everyone calls him Batty. He’s the boss. He’s tired. He’s seen everything. He knows Deb and Mihi used to date. He doesn’t care. He just wants the paperwork done.
Amelia Reid and Peter Hambleton play the Kelseys. Local gnome manufacturers. They’re suspects in Season 1. They’re back in Season 2. Different crime. Same weird energy.
Jodie Rimmer plays Rita Brighton. Deb’s mother. She lives in town. She knows everything about everyone. She’s the unofficial mayor. She’s also hiding something.
Antonio Te Maioha plays Tricky Renata. Mihi’s father. He’s a former rugby player. Now he runs a pub. He likes Deb. That’s awkward.
Tim Carlsen plays Simon Tipple. The local reporter. He’s always around. Always asking questions. No one likes him. He’s probably going to get killed in Season 3. (Not confirmed. Just a guess.)
Maateiwarangi Heta Morris plays Sonny Renata. Mihi’s brother. He’s a mechanic. He helps the cops sometimes. He also flirts with Deb. That’s more awkward.
Clementine Mills plays Lena. New character in Season 2. She moves to Waitote. She’s mysterious. She might be a criminal. She might be a cop. No one knows.
What will Bust Up Season 2 be about?
The series follows Deb Brighton and Mihi Renata. Former romantic partners. Reunited after a decade apart. Now forced to work together as police officers in Waitote. The garden gnome capital of New Zealand. (Fictional. But there is a real town that claims this. The show doesn’t say which one.)
Season 1 was about a murder. Someone killed a gnome collector. The clues were in the gnomes. It sounds ridiculous. It was. It was also genuinely suspenseful.
Season 2 is about something bigger. A series of crimes. Bizarre. Dangerous. Someone is sabotaging the gnome factory. Someone is stealing gnomes from people’s gardens. Someone is leaving threatening notes written in rhyme.
Deb and Mihi have to solve it. Together. In close quarters. With unresolved feelings they’ve spent years trying to bury.
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The emotional tension: That’s the real show. The crimes are just the excuse. The real story is Deb and Mihi. Why did they break up? Why did Mihi leave? Why did Deb stay? Why are they both still single? Season 2 answers some of these questions. Not all. They need Season 3 for that.
The garden gnome capital: Waitote has a giant gnome statue. 15 feet tall. It’s in the town square. Someone defaces it in Episode 1. That’s the inciting incident. The town is outraged. The cops have to find the vandal. Then the vandal starts killing people. It escalates.
New Zealand humor: Dry. Dark. Unbothered. Someone gets hit with a gnome in Episode 2. It’s played for laughs. It’s also played for tragedy. Somehow both. That’s the tone.
Is there a trailer for Bust Up Season 2?
Yes. Sky Open released it in May 2027.
One minute. Opens with Deb saying “I hate gnomes. I hate this town. I hate that you’re back.” Cut to Mihi smiling. “No you don’t.”
Then quick cuts. A gnome on fire. A car driving into a pond. Someone holding a shovel. Someone else holding a garden gnome like a weapon. Then the title card.
The trailer doesn’t show who the villain is. It doesn’t show any deaths. Just chaos. That’s enough.
NEON NZ released a second trailer. Shorter. Thirty seconds. Focuses on the romance. Deb and Mihi standing close. Almost kissing. Then someone interrupts. “There’s been another incident.” Cut to black.
Search “Bust Up Season 2 trailer” on YouTube. About 200,000 views. Small but loyal. New Zealand shows don’t get millions. They don’t need them.
Behind-the-scenes featurette: Sky Open released a 5-minute video. Interviews with the cast. Morgana O’Reilly talks about working with Roimata Fox. “We fight like sisters. It’s fine.” Roimata Fox says “We don’t fight. She fights. I listen.”
What to Expect and When?
June 5, 2027. Saturday.
New Zealand: 8 p.m. NZST on Sky Open. Also streaming on NEON NZ at the same time.
US/Canada: 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET. That’s the NEON NZ streaming time. No US network has picked up the show. More on that below.
One episode per week. Sky Open does weekly releases.
- Episode 1: June 5
- Episode 2: June 12
- Episode 3: June 19
- Episode 4: June 26
NEON NZ: Same schedule. New episodes every Saturday.
What to expect:
- More gnomes. Season 1 had gnomes. Season 2 has more gnomes. They become a plot device. A weapon. A clue. A confession.
- More Deb and Mihi tension. They almost kiss in Episode 2. They almost kill each other in Episode 3. They almost make a decision in Episode 4.
- A death. Someone dies in Episode 3. Not saying who. Not a main character. But someone you know.
- A cliffhanger. Season 2 ends on one. The show was renewed for Season 3 before Season 2 even aired. Sky Open believes in it.
What not to expect:
- A satisfying resolution to the Deb and Mihi romance. That’s being saved for Season 3. Or Season 4. The creators are taking their time.
- Realistic police work. This is a comedy. The cops are incompetent. That’s the joke.
- Gnome experts. The show doesn’t explain gnome lore. It assumes you accept it.
When to watch Bust Up Season 2 on Sky Open / NEON NZ
New Zealand viewers:
- Sky Open: Channel 1 on Sky. Saturday June 5 at 8 p.m. NZST.
- NEON NZ: Streaming. Same time. Same episodes. Need a subscription. NEON is $13.99 NZD/month. Free trial available.
International viewers: This is the hard part.
The show is not on any international streamer. No Netflix. No Prime. No BritBox. Not even Acorn TV. Sky Open keeps their shows local.
Your options:
- VPN to New Zealand. Use NEON NZ. Need a subscription. Need a New Zealand credit card. Some people use virtual cards. Some people have friends in New Zealand.
- Wait. Maybe someone picks it up. Acorn TV buys a lot of New Zealand shows. They bought The Brokenwood Mysteries. They might buy Bust Up. No guarantee.
- Sail the high seas. Not recommending it. Just saying it’s an option.
Best bet: If you know someone in New Zealand, ask them to record it. Or share their NEON login. That’s how most international fans watch.
Where to watch Bust Up
New Zealand:
- Sky Open (free with Sky subscription)
- NEON NZ (streaming, $13.99 NZD/month)
Australia: Not available. No distributor. Some episodes might show up on SBS on Demand later. Not confirmed.
United States: Not available. No distributor. Acorn TV is the most likely. They haven’t announced anything.
Canada: Not available. No distributor.
United Kingdom: Not available. No distributor.
Everywhere else: Not available.
This is a problem. The show is good. People want to watch it. But Sky Open hasn’t sold the rights internationally. Maybe they will. Maybe they won’t. New Zealand shows have a hard time breaking out. The market is small. The budgets are small. The marketing is small.
If you want to watch it, pressure Acorn TV. Tweet at them. Email them. Tell them to buy Bust Up. That’s the only way.
Bust Up Season 2 premiere date prediction
No prediction needed. June 5, 2027 is confirmed.
Season 3? Also confirmed. Sky Open renewed the show for Season 3 before Season 2 even aired. That’s confidence. Season 3 will probably air in June 2028. Same time. Same channel.
The show is cheap to make. Small cast. Small crew. One location. Sky Open can afford it. They’re committed. They want a hit. Bust Up is their best chance.
Bust Up Season 2 filming locations
Waitote is fictional. The real town is not.
The show films in Helensville, New Zealand. It’s a small town north of Auckland. About 40 minutes by car. Population about 3,000.
Why Helensville? It looks like every other small New Zealand town. One main street. A pub. A grocery store. A police station (real, but they built a fake one for the show). And gnomes. So many gnomes. The town loves the show. They put gnomes in their front yards. Tourists come to take photos.
Specific locations:
- The police station — A real building. It used to be a bank. Now it’s a community centre. The show rents it for filming. They added fake bars to the windows.
- The gnome factory — A real building. Used to be a dairy factory. Now it’s empty. The show built the gnome production line inside. Conveyor belts. Paint stations. Kilns. All fake. Looks real.
- The pub — The Helensville Hotel. Real pub. The show films there at night. The owners get paid. They also get free advertising.
- Deb’s house — A real house. Someone lives there. The show rents it for exterior shots. The interior is a soundstage.
- Mihi’s house — Also a real house. Different street. The owner is a fan. She lets the crew use her driveway. She gets to meet the actors.
The giant gnome: Built by the props department. It’s 15 feet tall. Made of fibreglass. Weighs 200 pounds. They move it with a forklift. It’s stored in a warehouse between seasons.
Soundstage in Auckland: Most interior scenes. Deb’s living room. The police station bullpen. The interrogation room. Built in a warehouse in Henderson. 20 minutes from Helensville.
If you want to visit the locations:
- Helensville is a real town. Drive up from Auckland. Take photos with the gnomes. Eat at the pub. Stay at the motel. They’ll tell you about the show.
- The police station building is on Commercial Road. Easy to find. Don’t try to go inside. It’s not a real police station.
- The gnome factory is on Mill Road. It’s fenced off. You can see the building from the street. That’s it.
- The Helensville Hotel is on Commercial Road. Go inside. Have a beer. Ask the bartender about the show. They’ll talk your ear off.
Quick recap:
- Season 2 premiere: June 5, 2027
- Time: 8 p.m. NZST (Sky Open) / 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET (NEON NZ streaming)
- Where to watch NZ: Sky Open (cable) or NEON NZ (streaming)
- International: Not available. VPN to NZ. NEON NZ subscription. Or wait for Acorn TV.
- Episodes: 4 (43 minutes each)
- New episodes every Saturday. Weekly release.
- Main cast: Morgana O’Reilly, Roimata Fox, Matariki Whatarau, Xavier Horan
- Filmed in: Helensville, New Zealand (real town) and Auckland (soundstage)
- Season 3: Already confirmed. Coming June 2028.
June 5. Saturday. Deb and Mihi are back. The gnomes are back. The crimes are weirder. The feelings are unresolved. Someone’s going to get hit with a garden ornament. Someone’s going to almost kiss. Someone’s going to confess something they’ve been hiding for ten years. That’s the show. That’s why it works. New Zealand does crime comedy better than anyone. They don’t take themselves seriously. But they take the characters seriously. That’s the magic. Watch it if you can. Bug Acorn TV if you can’t. This show deserves to be seen. Even if you hate gnomes. Especially if you hate gnomes.
