Tiger Country

Guess what? I was named after a battle ... It's where my grandad got himself killed. You got an Uncle Alamein and Aunty Cassino. Too many bloody dumb battle names in this family, aye? That's why I called you aroha.

– Faenza (Rachel House in her first TV role) explains the origins of her name to her daughter (Greer Samuel)

NZOA [NZ On Air] had funded three telefeature concepts, Tiger Country, Lawless and Street Legal, but could afford to develop only one into a series.

– Writer Trisha Dunleavy on how Tiger Country lost the battle to become a TV series, in her 2005 book Ourselves in Primetime - A History of New Zealand Television Drama

Such was their dedication to getting it right that [co-writer Grant] O'Fee took three weeks annual leave from his current job at police headquarters to be on the set every day during filming, to advise the cast and crew about the correct details involved in all manner of police procedure.

– Writer Beverly Martens on Tiger Country co-writer Grant O'Fee, ex Head of the Armed Offenders Squad, TV Guide, 27 November 1998

...I might have more lines than anyone else but without them I'm lost. They add so much to the dynamic. And police work is like that. It's gotta be a team or it doesn't work. And it's the same with this show.

– Actor Sean Duffy on the strong ensemble cast of Tiger Country, TV Guide, 27 November 1998

Horse has chosen not to take the next step forward [in his police career] because that would mean a desk job, and he still wants to be hands on. And he just can't be blowed with all that bureaucratic bullshit. He does care about the people he's dealing with. though probably too much sometimes, and that caring almost ends up being a bit of a problem, because it gets in the way of his home life.

– Actor Sean Duffy describes his character, Detective Senior Sergeant Tony 'Horse' Radisich, TV Guide, 27 November 1998

For two years I've had to listen to you say 'bad-ming-ton' — there's no frigging 'g'; the word's bad-min-ton.

– Detective Senior Sergeant 'Horse' Radisich (Sean Duffy) lets rip at Constable 'Clueless' (Andrew Binns)

Are you saying that because she's pleasant and hard-working, she should be given preferential treatment? We could extend this to our friends and relatives. Our brethren across the Tasman do it all the time; it's called corruption...

– Police Inspector 'Pontius' (Peter Hambleton) overrides Horse (Sean Duffy) on the issue of punishing Constable Tocks (Claire Waldron) over a car accident