Brian Raynor was the uncle of Alison (Danielle Cormack). Brian had raised Alison's teenage son Phoenix (Geordie Holibar) since Alison died in 2009 but arrived in 2010 to inform Chris (Michael Galvin) of his ex-wives death and introduce him to his son. In 2011 Phoenix learned Brian had been in an accident in his Southland farm and travelled down to learn Brian had suffered a nervous breakdown after arguments with the neighboring farm. Phoenix sorted the feud out and Brian eventually accepted his neighbours. Brian briefly returned in 2012 to visit Phoenix following Chris' arrest for murder.

Hine Ryan (née Rangiuia, previously Scott) was the formerly drug addicted mother of Scotty (Kiel McNaughton), who abandoned him when he was aged 13. Scotty located his mother in 2010 and hesitantly welcomed her back into his life for his marriage to Tracey (Sarah Thomson). Hine landed a job at the hospital but proved controversial when she covered up a man who smuggled heroin into the hospital and helped an illegal immigrant escape. She started to clash with Tracey over the organisation of the wedding and insisted Scotty leave her. Hine bonded with Tracey when it was discovered Scotty had a brain tumour and she ended up leaving to reconcile with her daughter, Rebecca (Marise Wipani) in Wellington. She briefly returned to attend Scotty's wedding.

Rafael "Rafe" Durville was the younger brother of Luke Durville (Gerald Urquhart) and a famous adventurer. He arrived to the hospital after crashing a hot air balloon and the staff were shocked to discover the adventurous Rafe was related to the eccentric Luke. Rafe soon developed a crush on Tania Jeffries (Faye Smythe) but realised Luke was in love with her and so backed off. However the chemistry between the two was too strong to ignore and they got together, offending Luke. However he soon forgave them and the couple departed overseas to set up a clinic. Rafe phoned in 2011 to inform Luke he and Tania would not be attending Luke's wedding with Zlata. In 2013, Luke's widow Bella (Amelia Reid), visited Rafe in Laos to consider donating Luke's fortune to his clinic.

Gus Afeaki was a gang affiliated Criminal who held a dairy owner hostage in his own dairy. Maxwell Avia (Robbie Magasiva) entered the dairy and successfully convinced Gus to hand himself into police. In 2012 Chris (Michael Galvin) discovered Gus was his cellmate in prison and though the two initially clashed, they soon found an understanding together. Gus helped Chris in prison but was soon diagnosed with serious skin cancer. It turned terminal and Gus eventually reconciled with his gang member son, Jared Afeaki (Beulah Koale) and controversially fell in love with his nurse Vasa Levi (Teuila Blakely). After being forced out of Vasa's home, Gus died surrounded by his family in December 2012.

Gordon Morrison was the stubborn father of Tracey Morrison (Sarah Thomson). Gordon was a retired policeman and fiercely proud of his line of work, he and his wife Kate (Margaret-Mary Hollins) visited Tracey and Gordon was rushed to hospital due to health problems. When Gordon learned his son – Doug (Richard Knowles), was a corrupt cop, he was disgusted and got him arrested. Later in the year Gordon showed disapproval of Tracey's engagement to Scotty (Kiel McNaughton).

In January 2016, Jasmine returned to Ferndale after her mother's (Wendy Cooper) life support was turned off. Wendy was shot in the heart during the 2015 Cliffhanger Episode which saw gunman Gareth Hutchins hold the 2015 Children's Christmas Party hostage. She then contracted yellow fever after her expedition in Columbia, but was saved by George Kirkwood, a medical school graduate with experience in infectious disease clinics in London.