[1][2] The character of his older brother Curtis was created and recent drama school graduate Jayden Daniels was cast in the role.

[4] The arrival was said to "ruffle a few feathers" amongst the characters, whilst Daniels enjoyed working alongside screen father Jarod Rawiri (Mo Hannah).

[7] After auditioning in Los Angeles and starring in an Air New Zealand in-flight video, Daniels reprised his role in September 2017.

[8][9] Daniels described returning as "terrifying", "Just because it was something that had been so familiar to me for a year and a half, and then literally having none of this for more than eight months, coming back meant finding my feet again."

[10] Daniels highlighted the development undergone throughout the character's time onscreen, "I’ve done him for like three years screen-time wise, so I’m pretty used to how he is and how he reacts to things.

[5] Starring as part of online spinoff Shortland Street: Retribution, Daniels departed the role of Curtis when he was killed off in the show's final episode.

He was happy to film his final scenes with on-screen brother Milner and partner Ngahuia Piripi (Esther Samuels), "It was cool to be able to take a character I know so well and have played for so long and be able to try and push him even more ... We were able to give the scenes a bit more time which is always nice and I’m super grateful that I got to cap Curtis’ journey alongside Reubs (Milner) and Nga (Piripi) who have both been such an integral part of him as a character.

"[11] Following the diagnosis of leukaemia in the youngest sibling of the Hannah family Pixie (Thomasin MacKenzie), the eldest brother Curtis moved to Ferndale from Australia where he had recently served time in prison much to his father Mo's (Jarod Rawiri) anger.

Curtis grew annoyed with Mo's girlfriend Victoria (Laura Thompson) and she subsequently framed him for the shooting of Drew McCaskill (Ben Barrington).

Despite jealousy at Esther and Finn having reconciled, he made it clear he was still in love with her but began to date Dawn Robinson (Rebekah Palmer) before having a passionate affair with Sass Warner (Lucy Lovegrove).

He experienced racial profiling from corrupt cop Clint Allen (Ryan Lampp) and eventually succeeded in getting him released from the police force.

Curtis finally admitted he wanted Esther back on the day of her wedding, but was rejected, leading him to re-evaluate his life and join the police force.

His first case on duty is with the returning Detective Darryl, who is his superior, and they went back to the Hannah's place to question a dumbfounded Jack, who had no idea that his med school classmate, Claire, was drunk-raped outside The I.V.

However, as Kate was later assaulted, his attention turned to his nemesis - Former Sergeant Clint Allen, now as a taxi driver, transported many female patients fresh off new attacks.

After Allen died from a brutal attack of unknown reasons, they turned the attention to James White, who had a history of abusing his partner.

In 2021, he briefly rekindled his relationship with Esther Samuels, with her finally leaving Eddie Adams, but with his undercover work focusing on sex traffickers, he left after his cover was close to being blown.

Both he and Esther Samuel are the main characters of the franchise's first R-16 spinoff - Shortland Street: Retribution, with Curtis reprising the role of an undercover Iron Dogs gang member.

However Curtis was killed off in the online spinoff Shortland Street: Retribution, with Daniels acknowledging fan's disappointment, "I think people will be sad but nothing can last forever so I do hope that in the end that they will be satisfied with how everything wraps up."

[5] Daniels believed this was due to the ability for the audience to relate to Curtis as a result of his bad choices, "I base him on people I know and who I've had relationships with and come into contact with.