Dom Harvey

Hey, I'm Dom and welcome to this episode of the Dom Harvey Podcast.

Coming up, a New Zealand private investigator, Kalia McFarland.

So do you have to serve them and then like briskly sort of walk away?

Carly McFarland is the guest on this episode.

She's a private investigator and the founder of Serpenti Investigations.

Serpenti, by the way, means snake.

Look, if you've watched a lot of TV shows and movies like me and you thought private investigators means trench coats, binoculars, and staking out cheaters with boxes of donuts, well, you're not alone.

But Kalia's work is way broader and actually way more interesting.

In this conversation, we get into what she actually does day to day.

We're talking things like fraud investigations, workplace and ACC-related cases, skip tracing,

which is tracking down people who have gone into hiding, and serving legal documents, often in situations where things can go from zero to 100 really quickly.

We also go into Kalia's very unexpected path to this career, from Air Force medic to primary school teacher to becoming a PI.

Plus there's other stuff as well.

The personal health journey that changed her life and how she ended up finding family in a way she never expected.

Becoming a wife and a step-mum and hearing the words mum from two kids who helped heal a part of her heart.

This one is honest, it's funny, and it's surprisingly human.

And if you've ever wondered what private investigators really do in New Zealand, you will learn a lot.

This is Kalia McFarland on the Dom Harvey podcast.

Thank you.

It's great to have you here.