The show ran for 14 seasons from 1999 to 2012, and remained one of New Zealand's highest rated factual programs and had won one Qantas Media Award.
It is used to reveal trades people and shops misconduct and illegal behaviour, including urinating in showers.
[citation needed] Target has its own hidden camera house, which is located in a different area of New Zealand each season.
[citation needed] In March 2011, the house that Target uses for filming in Tauranga was uncovered by an electrician who had been called to fit a power point in the bedroom.
The electrician started the job but quickly suspected something was out of the ordinary when he noticed a diary lying open next to where he was working, bikinis on the bed, and photographs of women.
[1] In May 2012 a hidden camera trial was aired revealing a carpet cleaner performing an indecent act in the actor's home.
Within minutes of the occupant leaving the house, the tradesman was filmed sniffing various items of clothing in a laundry basket and later spraying perfume onto a pair of woman's underwear.
He then turns on the household computer, visiting a pornography website, and begins masturbating into a pair of the actor's underwear.
[citation needed] Subsequently, the owners of Cafe Cézanne has started legal proceedings against Top Shelf Productions.
A fault is created in an appliance, such as a TV set, microwave, or DVD player, and the item is then taken to repair outlets.
[citation needed] The other trials have included taxis, LPG bottle fills, children's visits to Santa (2006 Christmas Special) and standards of services such as public toilets.
[citation needed] Introduced in the 2007 series, Brooke follows up on personal stories by consumers that have been ripped off, poorly dealt with or misled about a certain product.