Flying Kiwi - Season 1

First aired: 12/17/1980 26 episodes
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Episodes

1. Hot Welcome

Aired: 12/17/1980

Professor Larry Cross gets back with his children, Pete and Deb to their birthplace, New Zealand, after many years in England. But this proves to be the start of a family feud, starting with Larry being arrested at the airport.

2. The Tiki of Tamahou, Part 1

Aired: 12/24/1980

Professor Cross investigates the origins of a Maori amulet named The Tiki of Tamahou.

3. The Tiki of Tamahou, Part 2

Aired: 12/31/1980

Strange things happen to the people who have got the Tiki.

4. Coromandel Gold

Aired: 1/7/1981

A widow is threatened with eviction, and Professor Cross tries to help.

5. Captain Deborah Bligh

Aired: 1/14/1981

Debbie wants her brother as crew in the sailing series, but the cheating soon starts, with their powerful uncle James joining in.

6. Curse of The Pharaoh

Aired: 1/21/1981

A terrified phone call, two mysterious deaths, an Egyptian exhibition - and suddenly Professor Larry Cross is the only survivor of the team who excavated the Tomb of the Priest-Kina.

7. Find the lady

Aired: 1/28/1981

The Flying Kiwi, Cross's magnificent vintage car, which attracts attention wherever it goes, is stolen by a conman who ingratiates himself with the Cross household.

8. The Last Home

Aired: 2/4/1981

The Cross family cross swords with the business empire of their hostile uncle James to save a rare bird, the KoKaKo.

9. The Ninth Man

Aired: 2/11/1981

Professor Cross discovers that his bank account has been credited with funds from the Archaeological Exploration Trust. This puts the professor in a hot spot as he must explain the reasons for his receiving the money.

10. The Human Fly

Aired: 2/18/1981

Pete and his pal Hone take their hang-gliders to the cliffs above the beach. At the same time, their uncle James Marriott's surveyors are at work in this nature reserve. Pete's kite crashes into the cliff-face.

11. The Soft Side

Aired: 2/25/1981

Debbie and Hone go to one of New Zealand's famous black-sand beaches to catch the waves while Pete joins the Beach ranger who has a different catch on his mind - poachers.

12. The Break (Part One)

Aired: 3/4/1981

Marriott only has feelings of bitterness for his relatives, the Cross family. But for Pete, he has tempting plans. Miriana's ex-fiance reappears in her life and Hone wants to join an outlaw motorbike gang.

13. The Break (Part Two)

Aired: 3/11/1981

Professor Cross has been offered a post at Cambridge and it looks as if things will not be the same for the family now. Meanwhile, an unexpected threat arises.

14. The Phantom Canoe (Part One)

Aired: 3/18/1981

Tapou Maori island is sacred, and an ancient phantom war canoe has been sighted on the lake.

15. The Phantom Canoe (Part Two)

Aired: 3/25/1981

A canoe with a skeleton on the prow keeps appearing from the mists and guys in Maori-style dress spook the locality. Pete is abducted by them and revealed as a convert to the cause when the masks are all pulled off.

16. Stable Mates

Aired: 4/1/1981

Pete investigates when two of his horses who are constant companions begin behaving like strangers.

17. The Trap

Aired: 4/8/1981

Pete avails of The Flying Kiwi to disappear from home. But when no-one knows where you are, no-one can help you if you get into trouble.

18. The Guinea Pig

Aired: 4/15/1981

A deadly, infectious disease is plaguing the animals around while the Marriot Research Laboratory is trying to find an antibiotic that will arrest the disease.

19. No Option

Aired: 4/22/1981

James Marriott intends to make another fortune from his old family estate. He plans to sell part of his estate at a profit.

20. The Bargain

Aired: 4/29/1981

Miriana buys a used car at a cheap price, which surprises everyone in the family.

21. Du Fresne's Bottle

Aired: 5/6/1981

Professor Cross believes he has stumbled upon Du Fresne's bottle, a historical relic which recount the battle between the Maori and the French.

22. Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Aired: 5/13/1981

While Professor Cross is away at a conference in San Francisco, Pete and Hone get busy on the house. Deb prefers to dabble in spirits.

23. The Cheat

Aired: 5/20/1981

Steve seems busy with a charity fund and convinces Pete to sit for the university's first year examination for him.

24. The Last Vintage

Aired: 5/27/1981

Professor Cross' favorite wine comes from a small vineyard, which must be closed.

25. The Sacrifice of the White Queen

Aired: 6/3/1981

A spate of letter-bombs puzzles the police. And lawyer Ratu Rewiri is as puzzled as they are.

26. Eye Spy in the Sky

Aired: 6/10/1981

Pete and Hone fly their radio-controlled model of a First World War airplane and find the past catching up with the present.