eager newbie got offside with Sass Warner (Lucy Lovegrove) with her inane chatter and continued references to her boyfriend Dave. She had joined the Followers Cult, fell in and out of love with Ali, she is currently a nurse and was GP's assistant to Dylan Reinheart. However, since Dylan made a move on her, their working relationship became awkward. After she left the cult, she also briefly worked as a female companion to sugar daddies so she can earn extra money. After the first stint failed while Ali was away, she tried to do that again when Ali is recovering from brain cancer tumour removal surgery. Ali died in April 2019, leaving Lulu with no birth parents, Dawn also became a widowed single step-parent. She had a relationship with Marty, but in 2022, Dave, her first love returned for her, while she was about to leave to return to Cambridge and return to tend to the family farm, she was rushed back on July, 2022 when Damo was badly injured when he was hit by a bus. She was stood down to scrub in as a backup surgical nurse. Gia Te Atakura Gia Te Atakura (previously Sidney "Sid" Dutoit) arrives to the hospital as a teenage cardiac patient and impressed his doctor Esther Samuels (Ngahuia Piripi) with his dedication to sport despite his heart limitations. Esther soon grows close to Sid, breaking boundaries due to him being her patient and her developing romantic inclinations. Esther's uncle TK Samuels (Benjamin Mitchell) takes a liking to Sid and encourages his healthy lifestyle. However, when Sid's mother becomes aware of TK's relation to Esther she halted any progression of the relationship, eventually revealing to Esther that Sid is in fact TK's son from a one-night stand. TK discovered this but instead of informing Sid, let him move overseas to pursue a rowing career without having to worry about his father. In November 2022 TK tries to contact Sid to reveal their relation, only for Sid's mother to reveal he had died 2 years prior. However it would be revealed not to be the case later that month as the new locum, Gia Te Atakura would be revealed to be Sid. Luke Whakapono Luke Whakapono, played by Tammy Davis, made his first appearance in November 2017. Upon Drew McCaskill (Ben Barrington) and Boyd Rolleston (Sam Bunkall) ending up lost in local bush and coming