McArtney as Captain Hook (Dave McArtney), vocalist/guitarist of Hello Sailor Jaime McDermott as Annemarie Gibbs, Sparky's sister and daughter to Dougal Laura McGoldrick as Wendy, neighbour of the Wests Dra McKay as Elsa Szabo, Rita's mother (Season 4–6) Toni Potter as Mary Peters, wife to Danny, mother to Hayden (Season 4) Alison Quigan as Old Lady John Rawls as Gang Leader, of "The Horsemen" gang Wolf is coerced into joining (Season 2) Ilona Rodgers as Grandma Miller, Cheryl's paternal grandmother (Season 4) Renee Sheridan as Maureen, Cheryl's maternal aunt, Trish's sister (Season 4) Rima Te Wiata as Iris, Ted's bookie (Season 4–6) Roz Turnbull as Sonia Stephens, Rochelle's mum (played Rochelle Stephens in Outrageous Fortune) (Season 5) Nicole Whippy as Kasey's mum (played Kasey in Outrageous Fortune) (Season 4) Scott Wills as Buck, gang member of "The Horsemen" (Season 2) Production In July 2014, NZ on Air approved funding of NZ$4.8 million for the miniseries. On 28 July 2015, NZ on Air approved funding of NZ$7.6 million for a second series, on 2 August 2016 NZ$6.6 million was approved for a third series and on 24 July 2017 NZ$6.5 million was approved for a fourth series. In September an additional NZ$1.2 million was approved for series four. Filming Filming for series one commenced on 12 October and concluded on 17 December 2014. Filming for series two commenced on 27 September 2015 and concluded on 19 January 2016. Filming for series three commenced on 30 October 2016 and concluded on 3 February 2017. Filming for series four commenced on 19 November 2017 and concluded on 18 March 2018. Music Westside: The Original Soundtrack was released for digital download on 8 July 2015 and CD on 10 July 2015. It peaked at number nineteen in New Zealand. Music from Westside Series Two was released for digital download on 1 July 2016 Charts Series 1 Release Broadcast Series 2 premiered in New Zealand on 12 June 2016 and series 3 premiered on 10 July 2017. Series 1 premiered in Australia on 9Gem on 2 December 2015, and series 2 premiered on 8 August 2016. Home media Series 1 is available on the iTunes Store in Australia. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2015) Series 2 (2016) Series 3 (2017) Series 4 (2018) Series 5 (2019) Series 6 (2020) Awards and nominations C21's International Drama Awards New York Festivals International Film & TV Awards New