REVIEW: “Policing. It’s not always better work stories.” Officer O’Leary (Karen O’Leary) makes this shock admission as the beloved team of New Zealand’s
Wellington Paranormal unit return our screens for a third season of investigations and hijinks on Wednesday evening (8.30pm, TVNZ2 and then at TVNZ OnDemand). Her exasperation comes as she, Office Minogue (Mike Minogue) and Sergeant Maaka (Maaka Pohatu) face one of their toughest cases yet. Called to a suspected breaking and entering in Lower Hutt just before midnight, the two officers firstly attempted to calm the frightened homeowners down (“Don’t believe everything you hear, I read that you could put your phone in the microwave to recharge,” Minogue informs them, while producing evidence in the form of his twisted, mangled iPhone4), the pair then enter the dwelling to discover the fridge in a state, with food strewn across the kitchen.