Fact-based drama telling the story of the search for the baby daughter of a New Zealand high-court judge and a prominent lawyer who was snatched at gunpoint. Over the next nine days, the mother makes an impassioned appeal while the police strive to track down the kidnapper, who has demanded the biggest ransom in the country's history. Starring Miriama Smith and George Henare.

Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.