Kiri Durant

Kiri Durant (played by Gemma Bird Matheson) is the secret daughter of Glen Donnelly, born from an affair he had with her mother. She crosses paths with him when he visits the outdoor retreat at River Bend ran by her family and the truth about her paternity is soon revealed.

2022[]

Kiri welcomes competition winner Glen Donnelly and his group of friends to the River Bend Getaway. She shows them their accommodation and invites them to give up their phones. Kiri flirts with Nicolette Stone, who reciprocates. She tells her that her parents own River Bend, but they moved up the coast and left her in charge. The following day, Kiri and Nicolette share a kiss which is interrupted by Glen. Kiri asks Glen if he has been to River Bend before as he looks familiar, and he tells her that he has been in the area before. Kiri overhears Harlow Robinson talking about someone named Isla and Nicolette admits that she has a daughter. She later visits Kiri's room to explain that she just wanted to be someone else for a few days. Kiri accepts her explanation and tells Nicolette that she has been thinking about her all afternoon. They spend the night together. In the morning, Kiri arranges a hike with Nicolette and Glen, but Ned Willis and Harlow return to tell them they heard gun shots nearby. Kiri presumes it is rabbit hunters, so she tells her employee Bobby Long to go with Nicolette to get the minibus and call the police from the office, while she and Glen look for Freya Wozniak (Phoebe Roberts) and Levi Canning (Richie Morris). They come across a motorbike in the bush and return to the base, where Nicolette tells them the minibus was gone and Bobby has gone to call the police. All members of the group are eventually found and return home. Kiri later turns up on Glen's doorstep and tells him that she has been worried about everyone and wanted to check in. She also tells him that she has come to see Nicolette, and Glen encourages her to go for it. Kiri asks Nicolette and asks her out on a date. Over lunch, Kiri explains that her parents have decided to sell River Bend and she is thinking of a change too. Glen later tells Kiri that if she is planning on staying in Erinsborough for Nicolette, then she needs to know that Nicolette is a user and a liar. Kiri then confronts Nicolette about giving Aaron Brennan and David Tanaka someone else's baby. She points out that it is not the first thing Nicolette has kept from her and that she is not about drama. The following day, Glen invites both Kiri and Nicolette to lunch for a chance to clear the air between them. When he admits to Nicolette that he told Kiri about her past, she pushes him into a pool. Kiri is shocked by her reaction and leaves. She checks on Glen and he says he should have kept out of it, but she thanks him for looking out for her.

A week later, Kiri turns up at the vineyard where Glen works having been hired by Leo Tanaka as the new events manager. She befriends Chloe Brennan, who helps show her around the vineyard, and later joins her and her housemates, Freya and Mackenzie Hargreaves for drinks. Chloe then invites Kiri to move in with them, but Kiri soon learns that she will be living on the same street as Nicolette, who used to date Chloe. Kiri visits the house and Chloe explains her part in the baby-swap and points out some of Nicolette's good qualities. Kiri admits that she likes everyone and the room, so she agrees to move in. She also arranges to carpool to the vineyard with Glen. During a trip to the beach with some of the other Ramsay Street residents, Kiri reassures Nicolette that things are good between and she wants to be friends. She later tells Glen that she has feelings for Chloe, but it is awkward as they now live together. When she notices Chloe is stressed due to work, Kiri teaches her some meditation techniques and they nearly kiss. They acknowledge there is something between them, but agree to just be friends so things do not become awkward in the house. Nicolette gets suspicious of Glen's attachment to Kiri, so she teams up with Paul Robinson and speaks to Karen Constantine. Through John Wong, Paul discovers that Kiri is Glen's daughter and reveals the news to her in front of Glen. Kiri speaks to her mother, Barbara Durant , who admits that it is true, before Kiri tells Glen she wants nothing to do with him. Kiri later finds out that Terese Willis has accidentally informed Alan Durant, who is actually not Kiri's biological father, which Kiri believed he was.

She manages to build a relationship with her biological father Glen and the two become quite close.