Life is Tough

Seventeen and pregnant, Gina has some tough decisions to make - should she marry the father of her baby? When her grandmother goes into a rest home, Gina finds her great-grandmother’s diary, written during the Second World War, and discovers a disturbing family secret. As she follows the tragic tale in the diary, she begins to understand what love is - will this help her make the right decision?

After being involved in a serious car crash, Bevan comes close to losing his life. The appearance of an old Maori man heralds the beginning of strange dreams which follow the events of New Zealand's Waikato War of 1863. Who is the Maori warrior called Haki and what is his connection to Bevan? The answers can only be found in another time and place when Bevan dies again.

When Josh becomes the target of the school bully, he is humiliated and only finds solace in the shore breaks at Piha, West Auckland. When he is forced to make a critical decision, will he conquer his resentment and do the right thing, or allow his anger to place others at risk?