Vanessa Denton gave her life for Gaia and Mathews Bush despite a solemn promise from Mike Simmiss, President of the Save Our Forests Association (SOFA). The tragedy drives Mike to revive a flagging campaign against logging the forest. Time is running out, and the chance of success seems against the odds but, not compromising, Mike grasps every last opportunity. Will it be enough? SOFA goes up against big business, the new owner of the forest, Jackson-Halberd (NZ) Ltd, contending with the company's successful Managing Director, John Baron, and its unscrupulous board member and stroke survivor,...

A Londoner entrusts her brothers with answers that her orphaned daughter will seek from a young age... A successful English photographer, now resident in Auckland, attempts a lasting relationship but is still trying to get over his disastrous marriage... A New Zealand-born fashion model turned businesswoman, lives with emotional scars from her teenage experiences in Milan and... In the quick sale of a luxury holiday home in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds, something is left behind. Everything comes together in an unforgettable summer vacation at Hillsend.

Security contractor, Matt Couper, returns from Iraq with memories of a fifteen year old Assyrian girl, Tara Nasrim, whose life he saved. Five years later, as a refugee, Tara shows up in New Zealand. Even there, Islamic extremism rears its head. Religion clashes with love, vengeance is pursued, and Matt's world overturns.