After the death of his wife in Europe Jamie Jordon returns to New Zealand to discover his grandparents apple orchard has become anabandoned quarry. The laid-to-waste landscape is a disgrace that Jamie vows to remedy.Hard-nosed businessman, Terry McKechnie, is responsible for thisenvironmental vandalism. He and Jamies ex-girlfriend, Liz Lawrence,have a marriage of convenience, but Terry wants more and becomes violent when Liz refuses. Jamie decides to restore the worked-out quarry and turn it into atop-class resort and country club, and when Liz leaves Terry he offersher employment. Suspecting the pair have become more than workcolleagues, Terrys drunken retaliation backfi res and Lizs hopes for abetter life are shattered.
