Copping it sweet! JAROD’S FAMILY BLISS

For four years, Jarod Rawiri played the patriarch of one of the most troubled families on Shortland Street and was the on-screen dad to some of Aotearoa’s best young stars – including Hollywood actress Thomasin McKenzie.

But despite being on Kiwi screens for almost two decades, the 43-year-old admits he could not understand why he was asked to join the cast of one of New Zealand’s most successful television exports, The Brokenwood.