Testify: Season 1

2024

6 episodes
Drama

Vinnie Bennett (F9) and Craig Hall (Uproar) lead this clash-of-churches New Zealand drama from directors Paula Whetu Jones (Whina) and... More

Vinnie Bennett (F9) and Craig Hall (Uproar) lead this clash-of-churches New Zealand drama from directors Paula Whetu Jones (Whina) and David Stubbs (Daffodils).

When a charismatic young pastor clashes with his father’s evangelical mega-church, he joins forces with a queer podcaster and his estranged brother to uncover a conspiracy of historic abuse. But as they get closer to the truth, a web of lies unravels, powerful enemies emerge and their powerful father fights back.

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Where to watch Testify: Season 1

Testify: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand... More now on TVNZ+.

Testify: Season 1 episodes

Episode 1

A Mega Church grows rampant by the charismatic youth Paster... More David and the entrepreneurial Jacobson family. When an estranged son returns from exile, hard truths and crimes of the past are exposed.

Episode 2

Paster Scott goes into damage control after a brutal murder... More takes place. Meanwhile podcaster’s Dana and Eden clash with the church at their attempts to out a young Avow dancer.

Episode 3

Paster Scott goes into damage control after a brutal murder... More takes place. Meanwhile podcaster’s Dana and Eden clash with the church at their attempts to out a young Avow dancer.

Episode 4

Paul’s childhood trauma is triggered when his birth mother is... More discovered. Then David struggles with the lies which in an emotional outburst on Dana’s podcast forces her to face her own family demons.

Episode 5

David’s birth father finally agrees to meet him, and is... More instantly enamoured. Paul loses his temper and forces David to take sides.

Episode 6

Faced with the dark truth about his family’s past, David... More leads his followers to occupy iwi land and begin a new religious movement. Then Dana must choose a side as her friendships begin to unravel.