My Favourite Dead Person: Season 3

2025

Comedian Josh Thomson hosts this family-friendly New Zealand show filled with sketches relaying important moments in South Pacific history.

Where to watch My Favourite Dead Person: Season 3

My Favourite Dead Person: Season 3 is available to stream... More in New Zealand now on Neon.

My Favourite Dead Person: Season 3 episodes

Joan Wiffen

Meet the fossil hunter who proved dinosaurs once roamed Aotearoa.... More With no formal training, Joan Wiffen changed our understanding of New Zealand history.

James McKenzie

James McKenzie was an outlaw who committed the most Kiwi... More of crimes - sheep stealing. He became so notorious that a large part of the South Island is named after him.

Chew Chong

During WWII, Nancy Wake - a spy known as the... More White Mouse - won more medals for bravery than any other woman. She was a master of disguise and espionage, outsmarting the Nazis at every turn.

Episode 4

Taranaki businessman and community hero Chew Chong helped pioneer NZ's... More dairy industry. He was an award-winning butter maker who also cared for locals using traditional Chinese medicine.

Titokowaru

Titokowaru was a brilliant strategist who fought against the British... More army. Though he longed for peace, Titokowaru's battle prowess made him one of Aotearoa's most formidable leaders.

Richard Pearse

Many people think the Wright Brothers were the first humans... More to fly, but it may have been Canterbury farmer Richard Pearse. Richard built a plane out of bamboo, which both crashed and flew.

Papa Tom Davis

Tom Davis went from NASA scientist to Prime Minister of... More the Cook Islands. He studied the effects of cold on astronauts before leading his nation with the same adventurous spirit.

Esther James

Esther James was New Zealand's first fashion model and a... More tireless promoter of local products. During the Great Depression, she walked the length of the country to support Kiwi goods.