[citation needed] Dinesh arrived to Ferndale with the intention of marrying Shanti as was planned by their parents and quickly got a job at the hospital.
Morgan Braithwaite (previously Tippett) was the old nursing school friend of serial killer, Joey Henderson (Johnny Barker).
She returned months later when it was revealed she was buying his items online and soon started up a relationship with Gerald Tippett (Harry McNaughton).
Morgan agreed to be an illegal surrogate mother to her friend Cindy (Sarah McLeod) and her husband Trent (John Glass) but when she learned she was having triplets and they wanted to abort one, she decided to keep the children.
Morgan's comic books got bought by an Australian company but just days before she was due to leave, she was struck and killed by a car driven by Kieran Mitchell (Adam Rickitt).
She brought in Hone Ropata (Temuera Morrison) to replace Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) as CEO and started an affair with Callum McKay (Peter Mochrie).
She returned in 2009 to visit Shanti and Scotty but the couple were shocked when Shobna renovated their house and announced her intention for plastic surgery.
She was portrayed by Beth Allen and quickly became a central part of the soap following her high-profile romance with villain – Ethan Pierce (Owen Black).
Dipali arrived for Shanti's wedding and fell into bed with Kip Denton (Will Hall) after a night of drinking.
He arrived for Shanti's wedding and was disappointed his daughter did not marry Dinesh (Amin Sheikh) but soon came around to loving the New Zealand culture.
In 2009 Nigel arrived and announced his wife Katie (Nancy Shroder) had kicked him out of the house and he soon began managing 'The IV' bar much to Gerald's shock.
Tupac was taught to play basketball by Kingi (Te Kohe Tuhaka) and ended up saving him and Tania Jeffries (Faye Smythe) when they were kidnapped by gang members.
Ethan won the job as head of surgery and got the hospital to receive skin grafts from his bio technology company.
Ethan started to clash with several members of staff, primarily Callum McKay (Peter Mochrie), Maia Jeffries (Anna Jullienne) and Luke Durville (Gerald Urquhart).
Trish Gunn was the determined real estate agent who pressured Scotty (Kiel McNaughton) and Shanti (Nisha Madhan) into purchasing a house.
She returned the following year when her son Orando (Chris McLennan-Jones) abused her rights to houses to throw parties.
In December 2009 Don was brought into the hospital having suffered a gunshot to the chest, under a fake name but Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) recognised him.
Trish paid Orlando to pretend to be interested in a career in the army so as to lure Scotty (Kiel McNaughton) into using her as her realtor.
Orlando started to host parties in his mother's open homes and became friends with Daniel Potts (Ido Drent).
She arrived after learning her daughter in law Justine Jones (Lucy Wigmore) had died and quickly got on the bad side of granddaughter Sophie (Kimberley Crossman).
She returned in 2010 to attend Sophie's marriage to Kieran Mitchell (Adam Rickitt) but was disgusted to learn Callum was living with Rachel (Angela Bloomfield), the accused killer of Morgan (Bonnie Soper).
She returned again in 2011 in an attempt to get Callum to pay for an expensive retirement home and quickly clashed with his young girlfriend Jill (Natalie Medlock).
Helen managed to sneak Timothy into having an operation for his Duchenne muscular dystrophy but ended up with HIV following a faulty skin graft from Ethan Pierce (Owen Black).
Fraser McKenzie was the lawyer who plotted to murder his wife and a potential love interest for Yvonne Jeffries (Alison Quigan).
Yvonne met Fraser in October 2008 and hit it off but was devastated when she learned he was married to Deborah (Susan Curnow).
Sterling Haldane was the funeral director who co owned a skin graft company with Ethan Pierce (Owen Black).
However, days later the couple confirmed they had suffered their third miscarriage and asked Morgan to be an illegal surrogate mother for their child.
Trent Watson was the husband of Morgan Braithwaite's (Bonnie Soper) good friend, Cindy (Sarah McLeod).
However, days later the couple confirmed they had suffered their third miscarriage and asked Morgan to be an illegal surrogate mother for their child.
He admired his boss Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) but suffered culture shock with the technology used by the New Zealand doctors and continuously clashed with Kip Denton (Will Hall).