Jazz Thornton Fronts Stalked, Docuseries Uncovering Failures That Led To Landmark Changes To New Zealand’s Crimes Act

Powerful new Sky New Zealand Originals documentary series Stalked will air over three consecutive nights next month on Sky Open, premiering on Monday, 4 May at 8.30pm, with all episodes available on NEON from this date.

Across three gripping episodes, Stalked presents the experiences of women from across Aotearoa whose lives were profoundly affected by stalking, shining an unflinching light on the early warning signs of stalking, the patterns of obsession and escalation, and the systemic failings that have left victims unprotected, often until violence erupts.

When series presenter, mental health advocate and content creator, Jazz Thornton (The Girl on The Bridge) receives obsessive messages from a stranger overseas, she initially dismisses them as harmless until the man travels to New Zealand and appears outside her home. As she frantically calls police, she discovers a chilling reality: in New Zealand, stalking is not a criminal offence. In Wellington, Zeni recounts how a brief teenage encounter escalated into over a decade of harassment and threats, while on Great Barrier Island, Tessa reflects on a relationship that descended into extreme coercive control and kidnapping.

As these women take their experiences into the public sphere – from social media to Parliament – Stalked tracks how growing awareness translated into public and political momentum, contributing to the upcoming reform of the nation’s Crimes Act, which will see stalking introduced as a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment this May.

Reform may be here, but for Jazz, Zeni and Tessa, the price should never have been this high.

Stalked is a WORKPARTY production made with the support of NZ On Air, directed by Justin Hawkes (Dark Tourist, Patrick Gower: On…), and Executive Produced by Hayley Cunningham (The Jaquie Brown Diaries, Dancing with the Stars NZ), Charlotte Hobson (Live and Let Dai, The Traitors NZ), Ian Hart (Dark Tourist, Taranaki Head), and Jazz Thornton.

Stalked will air on Sky Open across three nights: 4th, 5th and 6th May, with all three episodes available to stream on NEON and Sky Go from 4 May.

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