New Zealand’s highways: 11,000 kilometres of some of the most spectacular and unforgiving roads on the planet. Over 1,000 dedicated road safety staff are tasked with keeping our highways and byways safe. It’s a job that brings its own perils… and rewards.

It’s all about rivers this season! Tourists struggle with a stick-shift camper and lose control, headed for the river. A drunk driver crashes his car down an embankment. Two swimmers taking a dip misjudge the current and are swept downstream. Police and a helicopter team have to affect a rescue before they hit the rapids.