After having a drunken one night stand with Mark Weston (Tim Foley) days later, Meg's naked body was found, making her the second victim of the serial killer.
He was hired as the temporary replacement for Toni Warner's (Laura Hill) nursing manager duties and instantly clashed with Maia Jeffries (Anna Jullienne) due to his apparent homophobia.
The couple purchased a house but the marriage was on the rocks when Scotty's criminal brother, Tai (Xavier Horan) was sent back to prison.
Shanti fell pregnant but tragically died and Scotty struggled with everyday routines but overcame his grief with the help of Tracey Morrison (Sarah Thomson).
Scotty and Tracey eventually fell in love but he developed a brain tumour after being poisioned by Penny Rourke (Carolyn Dando) and struggled to accept his drug addict mother, Hine Ryan (Rena Owen), leading to the relationship to end.
In 2012 Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) announced that the two had given birth to a baby daughter and the couple soon sold their house to Luke Durville (Gerald Urquhart).
She returned to TK's life for his marriage to Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) but ended up taking over the wedding preparations.
She developed a romance with Scotty (Kiel McNaughton) and ended up marrying him, defying her arranged marriage to Dinesh Jivani (Amin Sheikh).
They ran into financial trouble and Scotty became moody and began to drink when his brother Tai (Xavier Horan) got arrested.
He ended up dying and left his son Lachlan Davis (Jonathan Mahon-Heap) to his boyfriend, upsetting Brenda greatly.
After a brief flirtation with Dr Craig Valentine (Renato Bartolomei), Tess would quickly fall in love with Hunter and the two would scandalously start a relationship.
Rua dropped Wiremu and Tane (Dominic Ona-Ariki) to his brother in law – TK's (Benjamin Mitchell) and several weeks later showed disappointment in his son for trying to climb the water tank.
In 2008 Rua was quick to judge his son for running over Tane and in 2010 supported TK's mission for a health care clinic at the family marae.
He arrived alongside his cousin Wiremu Potae (Scott Cotter) to attend music school in Auckland but quickly got into trouble when a hooker stole TK's wedding ring.
He decided to become a nurse but his dreams were cut short when he attended drifts and was hit by a car travelling at high speeds driven by Wiremu.
After attempting suicide, Tane slept with Sophie McKay (Kimberley Crossman) and travelled to a spinal unit in Christchurch.
In 2008 Wiremu returned with a worn down car and started participating in boy racing to impress Tuesday Warner (Olivia Tennet).
When Joey Henderson (Johnny Barker) was revealed as the killer and killed himself, Lara quit her job to pursue a career in psychology.
Kip's slacker attitude caused tension with Sarah (Amanda Billing) and Craig (Renato Bartolomei) but he was soon warmed to by the staff.
In 2010 Kieran claimed Sidney had a heart attack was the reason for his emotional state when it was really the death of Morgan Braithwaite (Bonnie Soper).
He was disgusted to learn Shanti was dating Scotty (Kiel McNaughton) and later shared a brief romance with Libby Jeffries (Fleur Saville).
Sunil attended Shanti's funeral and off screen in 2010, blessed Scotty's engagement to Tracey Morrison (Sarah Thomson).
He replaced the murdered Claire Solomon (Emily Robins) and quickly got on the bad side of fellow receptionist Yvonne (Alison Quigan).
Morgan died and Gerald ended up marrying best friend Libby Jeffries (Fleur Saville) so that she could have a green card into the United States and the two departed there to live.
[4] Jay was conceived from Maia's sister Tania's (Faye Smythe) husband – Mark's (Tim Foley) sperm, a move that destroyed the Jeffries family when it was uncovered.
She dated Joey Henderson (Johnny Barker) and Gavin Capper (Tim Schijf) but when it was unintentionally revealed she was an undercover cop, her unconscious body was found in the garbarge dump - after having nearly fallen victim to the Ferndale Strangler she had been investigating.
She rebounded with both Tai Scott (Xavier Horan) and Maxwell Avia (Robbie Magasiva), but his gambling problems got in the way and she briefly dated Hunter McKay (Lee Donoghue) before falling in love with Scotty.
They adopted a boy named Kitu (Christian Edmonds) and Tracey fell pregnant shortly before they moved to East Timor in August 2011.
In 2012 Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) announced that the two had given birth to a baby daughter and the couple soon sold their house to Luke Durville (Gerald Urquhart).
She used her emotional state to play around both Tane (Dominic Ona-Ariki) and Wiremu (Scott Cotter), before attempting to have sex with their uncle TK (Benjamin Mitchell).