- [first lines]
- Pania Cottle: [watching a Maori ceremony over the recovered remains of Ru's daughter] Bugger the lot of them.
- Jack McGregor: I meant to come yesterday. I got side-tracked.
- Ryan Cottle: All good. I just got here myself.
- Jack McGregor: Just the usual stuff, brother.
- Ryan Cottle: What's keeping you so busy?
- Jack McGregor: Canadian bloke drowned kayaking. You haven't seen anything, have ya?
- Ryan Cottle: Nah. Think I'd notice a floating Canadian.
- Jack McGregor: Caucasian. Early 40s. Dark hair.
- Ryan Cottle: Is that what that action was down at Matai Bay?
- Jack McGregor: How do you know about that?
- Ryan Cottle: Word travels, even in the bush.
- Maggie Cabbott: Hi, Esther. Can I get you a drink?
- Esther Ishikawa: Celebrating?
- Maggie Cabbott: No. No, I'm not celebrating. It's a bar.
- Esther Ishikawa: It's a mistake to make an enemy of the Cabbotts.
- Maggie Cabbott: And how exactly have I done that?
- Esther Ishikawa: I don't know. Yet. But I'll find out.
- Maggie Cabbott: [sitting down at a blackjack table] Bad luck. Mr. Skelton, isn't it?
- Jeremy Skelton: What are you doing here?
- Maggie Cabbott: Playing the odds.
- [pauses]
- Maggie Cabbott: You had a deal with my husband.
- Jeremy Skelton: Which he couldn't keep.
- Maggie Cabbott: And yet, you seem to be in the money all the same. Must be a good businessman.
- Jeremy Skelton: I know my worth.
- Maggie Cabbott: The best men do.