Tane Ngata

Tane moved to Sulani as a child when his mother, Oliana Ngata married Leila Illes. Tane grew into a teenager and fell in love with Paulina Rockwell. He did not take the relationship too seriously due to his goofy side. The two married quickly and had four children; Stanley, Brayden, Josephine and Hilary, while Oliana and Leila had Tane's younger siblings Shane and Jami. Tane cheated on Paulina with Connie Rockwell and the love fizzled out, so Paulina took custody of the kids in a messy divorce. Connie and Tane lost contact and Tane married Shiew Bjergsen, who moved to Sulani with him. Shane and Jami married others and moved out of Sulani. Tane began a career in being an entertainer, finding it to be an escape from reality. Shiew fell pregnant with Reese, before also having Karli and later Alyse. Tane focused on his family with Shiew much more than his family with Paulina, something which Paulina's kids resented him for. Years later, Reese married Elijah Watanabe, someone who Tane took a disliking to at first, but later came to accept as Reese moved away with him and gave birth to Giovanni. Tane was very saddened to learn that Stanley had died of a heart attack in San Myshuno and reached out to Paulina's kids. Hilary, now married with a daughter, rejected him while Josephine kept some contact with her father. Tane was perplexed when a gloomy Brayden fell into the arms of Madeline Myrick when she decided to marry him. Tane warned him of her family's deception but Brayden ignored his father due to their faulty relationship. Tane was devastated when Brayden died on the honeymoon, having been supposedly killed by Madeline's mother Alissa-May. Tane was saddened when step-mother Leila died of old age. Karli married into the Kennedy family and Tane grew suspcious, but he met son-in-law Warren's family and befriended the family.