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You're looking good, cuz.

And what do I call you?

Sonny will do.

To you anyway.

What's up?

You can't be here.

Here,

take it. Don't let anyone see you.

There is evidence that there was someone else in the car with you.

My boyfriend.

Please don't tell anyone.

This boyfriend of yours wasn't hurt.

What are you doing here, Marty?

You can keep saying to me, it's over for you.

But do you know what? I remember what we had.

And I know you.

I'm on the inland road, just approaching the Kawarikate turnoff now.

Through here.

All right, Shelley, I'd love you to get this detail here.

Ah, ah, no further. You know what you're like.

Don't be silly, Vic. I'm fine. You won't be shortly.

What have we got?

We've got a male, 40s, no ID.

Cause of death?

I won't know that until I've done the P .N., Leslie.

Well, can you tell me anything?

Well, it looks like the body's been dragged and dropped here with a rough

attempt made to bury him. I think he's sustained a lot of injuries.

Oh, for God's sake, just show me.

And three, two, one.

Yep, every time.

Cool, Devin?

So?

No, nothing I can't rearrange.

Sorry, Sarge insisted.

No, no, it's fine. I'll see you soon.

Okay, bye.

Hey, Dad.

Hey, I'm really sorry, but they've called me into work.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.

Yeah, maybe later.

Okay. Yeah, I'm so sorry.

Okay, love you. Bye.

Yeah, but there's nobody on here that fits the film.

We've got a fingerprint match on the body.

One, uh, Cody Woods.

Got a record, but it's all minor.

Vandalism, shoplifting, driving without a license.

Juby shirt. Yeah, he's been off our radar for over a decade.

Wow. Ooh, okay, I'm no saint, but this guy's giving me the creeps. Look at

eyes. Hey.

Oh, let's not judge the victim.

Nice work, Ted.

You alright?

Oh, come on. It is community service. It's not public stock.

Okay? She'll be fine.

No, she won't. Listen to me. She's not going to have to wear an orange

okay? Truly.

Listen, can you put her on?

I know, but just put her on.

Mum!

Are you back?

Mum, listen to me. You're just going to have to get up, alright?

Fuck it up and do it. Nobody's going to judge you for picking up rubbish. In

fact, they'll probably think that you've grown as a person. Okay, goodbye,

goodbye.

Hey, who are you?

He was already gone by the time I got outside.

I had fallen. Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine.

Did you get a look at him? No, he was in a balaclava.

Okay, okay.

Approximately 180 centimetres, medium build, black balaclava, black jeans.

I'm going to stay home with you. No.

It was opportunistic. He probably just thought no one was home.

Have you been working those early shifts?

Yeah. Exactly.

So?

I've done a sweep of all the exterior doors.

No fingerprints.

Gloves. He was wearing black latex gloves.

Yeah, that doesn't sound very opportunistic.

Unless they were gardening and saw an opportunity.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Unless he was gardening.

Not too much to go on then. Okay, look, I'm going to find him, okay?

Can I get a ride with one of you? We don't need you to come in.

But the unidentified body, right?

Do you need me? No?

Yeah, I do.

Okay. Great.

You wait here. It's going to be all right.

Mm -hmm.

Well, it's a real smorgasbord of injuries, unlike anything I've seen

Liz, I suggest you look away now.

Oh, holy fuck.

As you can see, the body sustained a number of external wounds to the trunk,

limbs, and skull.

Thermal wounds to nearly 80 % of the body.

Acid burns most likely caused by a commercial bleach.

All of which point to this man having been tortured.

Jesus, how many times did this guy die?

Did he have any known gang affiliations?

But all of these injuries occurred post -mortem.

Look, this is your area of expertise, not mine, but my theory is that you're

looking for a panicked killer who tried and failed multiple times to dispose of

a dead body.

That tracks at the shallow grave.

What was the actual cause of death?

Head injury.

Caused a bleed in the brain, which led to a stroke, which ultimately killed

Someone's bashed him in the head.

Ah, I can't conclude that, no.

Are you saying it could be accidental?

It could be. It happened between five to seven days ago.

Okay, where do you want to start?

Right,

I'm carrying up now, you know.

Hey, you alright?

Hey, babe.

I think we're being scoped out.

For real.

Okay, keep calm, keep calm.

No, I'm calm. I just... Can you please bring your gun home tonight? I think we

really need it.

Oh, honey, I can't do that. You know... A taser? Okay, my darling.

Two.

Okay, for sure.

It's going to be all right.

You're all right.

You know you broke into Deepville.

Little prospects trying to prove himself to you.

I see the cop.

Hey, this is serious.

And when I find him, he's in deep shit.

You got a thing for that Kaumanua, then?

Cody Woods. Do you know him?

Yep.

Well, he was found dead this morning. Body had been through a lot before they

found it. Do you know anything about that?

Sounds like a budget job.

No, it sounds like you're losing control of your area.

What do you want me?

I want to know who broke into your fucking house.

I know you know.

Nothing I want is in that house.

Fine.

Oi.

Tell Aunty I say hello, eh?

You got her number? Tell her yourself.

What are you doing here?

Found a body this morning.

What? A body.

Up in the bush near Kauari.

Oh.

It's terrible.

Yeah.

His name is Cody Woods.

Sorry, what?

What are you telling me, this?

Never seen anything like it.

In all my years, I have never seen a body treated with such a lack of

They're going to come, Nicole.

They're going to search your house and they will find evidence that you did

this. No, they won't.

I'm going to tell them about the boyfriend in the car that you created.

About the phone I recovered for you.

Can't.

Won't break Dad's heart.

I got you a cheese toastie. You didn't have to do that.

How's your shoulder?

Fine.

Do you need somewhere to stay?

Like, I was thinking just for the night.

No.

Mutt and I, we've got each other's backs. I'm fine.

Of course.

What's that?

It's that red knob thing that you found at the crash. Sergeant Titley, can you

take Nicole to the whanau room, please, and await the arrival of her lawyer?

Yeah, sure. This way.

Brighton, Renata, with me? Yeah.

I did take a pic.

11 .15am, 30th of April, Detective Renata is taking a statement

from Senior Sergeant Kelsey.

Constable Brighton is also present.

Right, I am making this voluntary statement knowing that I don't have to

and it could be used against me and I know that I can talk to a lawyer.

OK, 24 April, my stepdaughter...

Nicole Kelsey was involved in a car crash.

I attended the scene and later filed the crash investigation and

local police report prepared by Detective Renata.

In the process, I removed mention of evidence found at the scene that

indicated a possible passenger in the car at the time of the crash.

I removed this to protect my stepdaughter, Nicole Kelsey, who didn't

husband to know of the presence of another person in the vehicle.

Despite her belief that the passenger was unharmed,

it is now evident that he died after leaving the scene.

Nicole Kelsey has told me that...

She subsequently discovered his body and attempted to dispose of it.

My actions in this case are a clear breach of police conduct and a potential

perversion of the course of justice and for that reason I am standing down as

head of the Waituti Police.

I have advised HQ and they have decided to appoint Detective Renata as acting

OIC effective immediately.

End of statement.

Get Keith to type that up and I'll sign it for a leave.

I thought you might want to... I just did.

Come on, Sarge, you don't have to pick up all your stuff. A word of advice?

Yeah. Don't believe a word Nicole says.

Losing a mother, getting a stepmother.

I have made excuses for her all of her life.

I mean, we all do it.

Even police.

Refuse to see what's blindingly obvious.

Because... Because we just don't want to.

Cody Woods.

Is that the man that was in the car with you the night of the accident?

Yes.

He didn't want me to get in trouble with my husband.

I never would have let him go off. I knew he was hurt. What about when you

him next?

He was near the caves, just sitting there.

Dead.

But... peaceful.

But that was until you dragged him up the hillside and doused him with bleach

and hydrochloric acid and tried to set him on fire, right?

What did you do? Did you blow a torch?

Honestly, I think I lost my mind.

I mean, you don't have a chainsaw.

Why didn't you alert the authorities that Cody had died?

Because I didn't want to get in trouble.

Okay, Nicole, you're now on police bail pending your court hearing and

sentencing. Your lawyer will explain.

All right, so it can take up to two days, so keep your phone on you at all

times, report to the station, and under no circumstances are you to leave town.

I need the car.

What?

I've just been on the phone to Len.

Is it true?

What? I had an affair.

Yeah. Of course it is.

Oh, for God's sake, Simon, grow up here.

It's called looking after your own needs.

You should try it sometime.

And this guy, Cody, died?

Yeah. So it's all fucked, isn't it?

Yes, I am.

I don't understand.

What don't you understand, Simon?

I thought we wanted the same thing. What, Simon? What did we want? A boat!

We wanted a boat!

Come to the caucus.

Where you going? I'm going to run, obviously.

In the car.

Gentlemen, thanks for coming.

I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day.

What the fuck is going on here?

When I was a kid, back when my dad was still alive, he always spoke so highly

you and said that when you two were inside together, you were the man for

and that one day I should try to get you to take me on.

We've done this before, Dre.

How many times have I told you to fuck off?

Last time you said to come back to you if I ever had something you actually

wanted.

I'm doing just that.

Because of my connection to your old man, I'll give you five seconds to get

the point.

Okay, I have a deal for you. Yeah?

Yeah?

We get rid of the other party, and I... I'll cut you in on all of it.

All of it.

You and me.

50 -50.

This is fucking poison, and I don't want anything to do with this shit.

Are you being serious?

This is a great fucking deal. I thought you'd be impressed.

There's a problem with you, Cricket. No loyalty.

I cannot even.

No, no, hey, okay, no.

That's funny.

Look, I'd arranged to take an extra hour with the break tonight to go and get a

massage. Sarge was going to cover for me, but I'm now... I'll do it.

Are you sure?

Yeah, yeah, all good. Keith's on the card till eight. You did the morning

so it's fine.

Cheers. Oh, that's all sorted then? Yeah. Thanks, Pip.

Have a good one.

Shouldn't you be wearing this?

I reckon it's coming right.

Oh, well, as much as I'm going to be at home because... What is this?

I still care about you. Yeah, I don't need your care, okay? Your worry, your

guilt, whatever the fuck this is.

No, you just like everything your way or no way at all. Yeah, maybe.

You have a good night.

I will.

And you should have a good night too.

Will do.

Great.

Hey. Hey.

I'm cooking your favourite tonight, remember?

I haven't made it in ages, so I probably need your help.

Remember what time you're going to be home?

Yeah, I'll be home soon.

Yeah. I took a lunch break today for a month and went shopping, got everything,

except for green peppercorns.

I think I'll be okay without it.

Has something happened?

No, no.

Deb's house was robbed this morning.

Oh.

Was she hurt?

She'll be fine.

Is there anything you want me to bring home?

No, no, just, um, just you.

Sit down here.

Yeah, I'll see you soon.

Come on, come on, come on.

You've reached the Whitewater Police Station.

Pick up.

Kia ora, this is Detective Renata. Leave a message.

Okay, so it turns out the gnome I found in the cave was filled with meth,

like one kilo or something, a lot. And that little red knob thing that you

at the crash site, it's the top of his hat.

Now I'm thinking, we know that Cody was part of the crash, right?

So maybe he dashed... the gnome in the cave just before he died. We found his

body near there, right?

Which means the gnome would have been in the car with Cody and Nicole, which

also means our old mate Nicole is totally in on it. I don't know.

Not this time.

Keith here.

Keith, have you heard from Keith? No, sorry, I'm at Charlie's picking up a

bag.

Okay, okay, okay.

Fucking hell.

Okay, okay, okay.

She's going to know. She'll just think I'm taking a shit.

Yeah, yeah.

Where are you? That's what you want me to think.

I know there's a panic button here.

Where is it?

This is 140.

Where is it?

a good idea.

Abduction of a police officer, that's 14 years. Just leave me here. Just leave

me here.

Keep the copy.

Okay. Okay, listen to me carefully, okay? Deb's been abducted.

The offender's driving a silver Nissan Pulsar. Rego number Hotel Mike Delta

They were heading west on Glen Giles seven minutes ago.

Got that?

Tell Betty we need assistance.

Okay.

Where are we going you find out?

Get out of the car!

No!

What

do

you want? Just shut up!

What's the plan here? You're going to take me to death? I mean, I feel like

is not... Shut up.

your mouth, or I will tape it shut.

Yeah? Mm -hmm.

Yeah.

You seem young. How old are

you? Shut the fuck up.

What's the plan?

I'm going to push the car off the jetty with you in it.

The water's too shallow.

The water's too shallow and then you'll just be stranded without a car. I don't

think that's a good idea. It's not going to work. No, shut up!

You should probably just turn around.

Just shut up!

Back that way and then...

Yeah, please please I need help.

Um, I'm in really big shit. I don't know what to do, please honey Just do it for

dad if not for me

Time for plan B.

Keith, have you had any luck tracking the Nissan Pulsar? We've got a 10 -1 out

on it, nothing so far.

Checking all the back roads too.

Oh good, listen, I think the abductor's connected to Nicole.

No matter, place now, 91 Beetle Crescent. I'm going to go check it out.

Do you need backup?

No, not just Deb. I'll get back on comms. You just stay out there looking

Deb, okay?

Any sightings, let me know immediately, Keith.

Copy that.

Yeah, it's me.

Yeah, open the garish door.

Open the fucking door!

Oh, my God.

What the fuck is she doing here, Dre?

I'm sorry. I've never killed anyone before. I didn't say kill her.

You said to deal to her and get to know her. I said deal with her, you fucking

idiot. Where is the gnome? She smashed it.

I've got the meth, though. It's in the car. Shut up, Dre.

He bought you a shit ton of meth.

He's abducted a cop. He's not looking good. I thought this fucking mouth.

Actually, I think, Nicole, I might be the only person in this situation who

actually help you. Your boy here is really out of his depth.

I'm sorry.

Just shut the fuck up. No, you fucked me, man. You absolutely fucked me.

KI to base, 10 -10, come in. We need urgent backup.

We need all available units to 91, that 91 middle crescent.

Vehicle identified, arriving with offender and constable Bryden, over.

Copy that, KI.

Approve 2, can you attend, over.

Approve 2, affirmative.

10 minutes away, over.

KI to base, I'm going in now, over.

Maggie, don't. It was great to meet you, man.

What are you doing here?

How did you get this? Bumped into the lobby.

And he just gave you the key?

Yeah, he did.

The fuck are you doing here?

There's no one happy to see me.

I am.

You fucking weak little bitch.

Troy.

That shit killed your old man.

You know that?

Sonny, the good guy act really isn't working for you.

Ooh, a butter knife.

It's a bit dramatic now, isn't it?

Typical fucking rich people.

I gave you an inch and you took a bloody mile, didn't you? You don't give me

shit. We had an agreement, Nicole.

Seems like you forgot the terms and conditions.

I gave you a rent, didn't I?

Give you anything else you ask for? How I choose to run my business has nothing

to do with you.

I told you you weren't to involve any of the boys.

You'd stay far away from my people. Didn't look like one of yours.

I don't like the taste.

Fuck!

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Am I bleeding? No, you're just... My car's packed up. The road keeps in this

way. No, no, no, no, no. We've got a drug queen to catch. We're going to get

her. She's right there. Let's go.

Come on.

You're around.

Behind me?

Yeah, these boys that follow you around like little strays. So desperate for a

leader. They'll get behind anyone with a loud bark, but I am not afraid of you.

Your skin is fucked.

Police! Drop your weapon.

It's a family reunion.

Do what she says, Nicole. Just put the knife down, okay?

We'll sort this out when we're all... Don't act like you're my friend. What,

think I'm fucking stupid?

No, no, no, no, no. I just, I think you're trapped.

Trapped people make bad decisions. I'm trying to help you make a good one. Put

the weapon down and put your hands in the air.

You okay? Do you hurt?

No. Put your hands upon it. Tommy. And your other hand.

Tommy.

Why?

Why not?

You will always love Nicole.

Come on.

You think you're so fucking perfect.

Don't pretend this isn't what you've always wanted.

Dad to yourself.

Without me around.

No, Nick, that's... That's what you wanted.

We've just got confirmation that the drugs are coming in from there.

Oh,

fantastic.

Well done. Well done. Good.

Thank you.

Any side of him?

No. Typical son. He ran for the hills.

Yeah.

My and Ma.

That's where the drugs were coming from. They found some travel documents and

passports.

So...

As you twist on a stem so full of wrong in your life.

To the letter of a lover that you had in your past.

Hope to kill a boy.

It's a bad country to go on.

With every pretty thing.

And all our past lives were kings Set fire to oceans and queens You'd think

future's a dream The daylight is ill And he's

sleeping You

didn't mean it Open your heart and

receive

With the sun in...