Shortland Street

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Template:Infobox television Shortland Street is a New Zealand soap opera set in a modern metropolitan hospital in the fictional suburb of Ferndale in Auckland City. It is New Zealand's longest running soap opera, and began screening on 25 May 1992. It is broadcast on TV2, one of TVNZ's free-to-air channels, five evenings a week at 7pm. According to the official website the show has a viewership of 700,000 per night. It has also been shown in some regions of ITV in the United Kingdom, RTÉ in Ireland, and UK.TV in Australia.

Many New Zealand actors' careers have been launched by, or included a role on Shortland Street. The most recognisable (to New Zealanders, at least) are probably Temuera Morrison (Dr. Hone Ropata), who has since had roles in Once Were Warriors, Speed 2, and Star Wars: Episode II, III and in the 2004 DVD release of V, and Martin Henderson, who has since starred in Bride and Prejudice.

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History

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The show debuted to much fanfare on 25 May, 1992. The first episode was notable for having a sex scene between Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) and an aerobics instructor, Jill (played by guest star Suzy Aiken). The first episode also included the line, "You're not in Guatemala now Dr. Ropata" which has since become one of the most widely recognised lines in New Zealand television. The show was also panned by critics at first, who criticised the bad acting and storylines. However, the show was praised for its sensitive portrayal of teenage suicide storyline later on in its first year. While ratings were initially high, within weeks they had fallen considerably. However, the show was saved from cancellation by the fact that TVNZ had pre-ordered a years worth of episodes. By May 1993, the show was rating high enough that it was renewed, and later became the highest rating programme in the country for a brief period in August 1994. Since then, ratings have fallen somewhat, but the show remains in the overall top twenty highest rated New Zealand television shows, and still regularly rates number one in the 18 - 49 demographic, the target audience that advertisers most desire.

Over the years there have been a number of cast changes, with only Michael Galvin, who plays Chris Warner, being the only remaining original cast member. In 2001, the show receieved much media attention in New Zealand when 14 castmembers were either let go from their contracts or decided to leave on their own. This was part of the revamp on the show which saw many new characters introduced, most notably the Hudson Family, who were Maori (While Maori characters had always been featured on the show, the Hudsons were the first time that a Maori family had been introduced onto the show).

The producers of Shortland Street have tried to make the show reflect the current trends in New Zealand health services. As a result, the hospital featured on the show was originally under private ownership, which reflected the increasing privitisation of the New Zealand health services in the early 1990s under the National Government. After the current Labour government was elected into office in 1999, there was a renewed focus on public health services. As a result, in 2001 the producers of the show decided to have the hospital come under government ownership in order to reflect the renewed focus on public health. This change was part of the shows revamp in 2001, and coincided with the cull of 14 characters mentioned above.

In 2003–2004, the show introduced its first serial killer with the Dominic Thompson (Shane Cortese) storyline. Dominic was the brother of nurse Toni Thompson (Laura Hill), and was believed to be the illegitimate half-brother of Dr. Chris Warner, but after this was revealed as a lie, the pair became bitter enemies. Dominic's love affair with 17 yr-old Delphi Greenlaw (Anna Hutchinson) also created controversy and eventually saw the teenager leave town to escape him. He also killed two characters, Delphi's brother, Dr. Geoff Greenlaw (froze to death in chiller) and PA Avril Lucich (drowned in bathtub) who'd threatened to get in his way, before being killed off himself in an explosion after trying to kill Chris in an attempted murder-suicide. The storyline created immense popularity that saw the show ranked once again in the top ten highest rated shows in New Zealand.

2005 saw the departure of the show's longest-serving cast member, Karl Burnett (Nick Harrison) after almost 13 years. Burnett was the only cast member who'd been with the show since its inception (although the character and the actor did take a sabbatical from the show in 2002). While Michael Galvin (Chris Warner) has also been on the show since the beginning, his character left for a period of four years from 1996 to 2000.

Shortland Street aired its 3,000th episode on June 23, 2004.

In November of 2005, Shortland Street was the winner of Woman's Day TV Choice Award for Favourite New Zealand show at the 2005 Qantas TV Awards Ceremony.

Of late, Shortland Street has seen many long term cast members leave. In 2005, Daniel Potts [Jarred Blakiston], son of Dr. Sarah Potts [Amanda Billing], left Ferndale to live with his Dad, Tim [Millen Baird], in Samoa and Dr. Andrew Solomon [Paolo Rotondo] left the Street to settle in England with pregnant wife, Robyn Stokes [Kirstie O'Sullivan]. 2005 also saw the departure of popular Norman Hanson [Jacob Tomuri], who died in a car crash. In 2006, Nursing Manager Judy Brownlee [Donogh Rees] left the hospital for Sydney with old flame, Mitch Gillespie [John Wraight], Class clown Vinnie Kruse departed for London with pregnant girlfriend Jemima Hampton [Leisha Ward-Knox], teen rebel Jake Valentine [Calum Gittins] departed to reside in Australia and former lovebirds Tama and Shannon Hudson [David Wikaira-Paul and Amber Curreen] went their separate ways: Tama left for a few months to Australia to cater for a tour, and Shannon took their baby Rangimarie [Mia Curreen-Poko] up north, to live with new partner Whetu.

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Storylines

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Early days (1992 - 1994)

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Chris and Alison

Storylines in the early years of the show included the romance of Chris Warner and Alison Raynor. Chris proposed to Alison and the two were engaged. However, Chris soon broke up with Alison in order to return to his ex wife, Melanie. Chris and Melanie's reconciliation was shortlived, and Chris would once again propose to Alison. However, their second attempt at marriage was thwarted by Darryl Neilson, an obsessed admirer of Alison's, who drugged Chris and left him in a barn. Alison, thinking she had been jilted once again, fled the country, where she married Jean Luc. Jean Luc turned out to be abusive and Alison fled back to New Zealand, seeking the help of Chris and Michael McKenna. Jean Luc was eventually killed on Christmas Day 1993, and Alison once again left the country.

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Jaki Manu

Meanwhile, Nurse Jaki Manu faced a crisis when she pricked herself with a needle that had been used on an HIV positive patient, Deborah Lisa Chapell. After many months, Jaki was cleared of the disase. Jaki then formed a relationship with Cricket star Henry Tamariki, only to learn that he was cheating on her. Henry left town, but came back the following year and Jaki decided that she was still in love with him and left Ferndale with him.

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Nick and Jenny

Jenny Harrison was a solo mother to her teenaged son Nick. After a brief reconciliation with her ex husband Barry (which ended when he bagan beating her again), Jenny was alone for several months before having an affair with the much younger Guy Warner. The affair ended in disaster as Guy was engaged to Meredith at the time and it wasn't until the following year that Jenny would have another relationship. This time with Johnny Marinovich. As 1994 ended, Jenny would discover that she was pregnant with Johnny's child.

Nick did not have much success with the opposite sex either. After losing his virginity to Serena, Nick developed a crush on Rachel McKenna which put an end to his relationship with Serena. Rachel was more interested in Stuart and even though Nick was upset at first, he and Rachel would form a close friendship. By the end of 1994, Nick would fall for Rachel's cousin Waverley.

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Stuart and Kirsty

Stuart Neilson quickly fell for Kirsty Knight, but their relationship was shortlived. Soon afterwards, Kirsty was almost raped by Stuart's brother Darryl and pressed charges. She was eventually forced to drop the charges after Darryl's wife Diane lied to the police and provided an alibi for her wicked husband. Stuart and Kirsty both moved on to other relationships, but it was clear that Stuart never quite got over his first love. In 1994, Kirsty was torn between Greg Feeney and Lionel Skeggins. She choose Greg, but he ended up running off with Nurse Jo Jordan. Some months later Kirsty and Lionel finally reconciled and decided to marry. Before they were due to be wed, Kirsty discovered that her old archnemesis Darryl had faked the abduction his kids in order to make his now ex wife Diane more sympathetic towards him. She exposed Darryl to Diane and Diane refused to let darryl ever see the kids again. Darryl immediately decided to get revenge and encouraged Stuart to act on his feelings for Kirsty before she married Lionel. As Lionel and Kirsty were in the chapel about to be married, Stuart stood up and objected to the union...

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1995 - 1997

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Lionel and Kirsty

Lionel and Kirsty's wedding became a disaster after Stuart interrupted the ceremony. However, Kirsty chose Lionel and married him. Stuart apologised for his actions and later left town. Lionel and Kirsty's marriage was strong at first, as Kirsty supported Lionel when he came down with Tetnus and had a bad reaction to his medication. Kirsty discovered that Darryl Neilson's drug company had been supplying dodgy drugs to several hospitals and clinics and that this was what caused Lionel's reaction to his tetnus medication. Kirsty confronted Darryl and the two had a showdown on the Toroa. Darryl's body was found soon afterwards, and Kirsty couldn't remember what exactly happened and wondered if she had killed Darryl.

As the months passed, Lionel and Kirsty's marriage became more volitile and the two separated for a while when Kirsty went to L.A to visit Gina. At Christmas 1995, Kirsty was involved in the truck smash at the Clinic and lost her memory. Kirsty couldn't remember ever loving Lionel and fell back into Greg Feeny's arms. Even though Kirsty eventually regained her memory and returned to Lionel, Lionel had by this time fallen in love with Dr Grace Kwan and he and Kirsty eventually separated. Lionel and Grace formed a relationship, but eventually Kirsty and Lionel realised that they still had feelings for one another. The two briefly reunited, but eventually decided that their renewed romance wouldn't work. Lionel returned to Grace, but eventually Grace realised that her relationship with Lionel wasn't working either, and the two split for good.

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Ellen, Johnny, Jenny and David

Jenny decided that she did not want to have another child and had an abortion, much to Nicj and Johnny's dismay. Johnny grew closer to his estranged wife Ellen once again and soon they were having an affair behind Jenny's back. Jenny was diagnosed with breast cancer, prompting Johnny to return to her. However Jenny eventually discovered the affair and broke up with Johnny once and for all. Ellen decided that she didn't want Johnny back either. Instead, Ellen began a relationship with the newly arrived Dr David Kearney who had been Jenny's oncologist during her breast cancer ordeal. Johnny tried several times to break up David and Ellen and even befriended David's estranged son Fergus in order to acchieve this goal, but Ellen had fallen deeply in love with David. However, David's ex wife Isobel turned up and Ellen misinterpreted their relationship. Ellen flew off to Fiji and spent several weeks there. David eventually found out where Ellen was and flew to Fiji, where he and Ellen had a tender reunion. Ellen would then break the news to David that she was pregnant with his child. David convinced Ellen to return to New Zealand and the two married in May 1997, with their daughter Rose being born soon afterwards.

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Minnie and Fergus

Fergus Kearney first arrived on the scene as one of the streetkids that Guy Warner was helping. Fergus returned several months later at a party where he took the virginity of Ellen Crozier's daughter Minnie. Minnie later tried to sneak Fergus into her room, but was caught out by David and Ellen. It was at this point that it was revealed that Fergus was in fact David's son and that he had runaway from home several years earlier. David's sister Liz Kearney felt sorry for the boy and decided to take him in, but he repaid her kindness by burning down her home. Fergus was arrested and sent to a juvenile detention facility, but was later released and detirmined to turn his life around, especially after he met his little baby sister Rose. However, Fergus and Minnie would soon find themselves embroiled in a neo nazi organisation. The two eventually realised that the organisation was corrupt and evil and left.

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Nick and Waverley

Nick and Waverley managed to form a close relationship, however it was not without it's hitches. Waverley thought she was pregnant, and so Nick proposed. However, when Waverley discovered that she wasn't pregnant, Nick quickly retracted the proposal. Several months later, Nick's best friend Rachel convinced Nick to take part in a wedding scheme designed to alert people to the unfairness of the student allowance system. Nick and Rachel married and while it was purely only a marriage of convenience only, Waverley was incensed and humiliated and decided to leave New Zealand for Australia. Nick tried to go after her, but was stopped when airport authorities found marijuana in his backpack. Nick was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing with drug possession and gave up on waverley, instead moving onto several doomed relationships, with Ramona (who cheated on him with Johnny), Willow (who cheated on him with James), and Kate (who was several years older than him).

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Rebecca, Rachel and Rangi

Towards the end of 1994, ambulance officer Rebecca Frost had her drivers licence suspended because of speeding and thus went back to her old career of nursing. During this period, she had a brief relationship with Chris Warner before getting together with Hone's nephew Manny Ahutahi. Manny and Rebecca's relationship was just as shortlived, as Manny soon left her for Rachel. Rachel also formed a close friendship with newly arrived ambulance officer, Rangi Heiramaia, as did Rebecca, who had returned to the ambulance service once the suspension on her drivers license was finished. Soon afterwards, Rachel was then sexually harassed by her lecturer and landlord. Manny beat him up and as a result was sent to prison for assault. Rangi comforted Rachel, and the two began a relationship, which resulted in the increasingly violent Manny stabbing Rangi when Rangi visited him in prison.

Rachel and Rangi's romance was not smooth sailing. Shortly after the two got together, Rangi was involved in an accident that killed one person. Rangi was cleared of wrongdoing, but shortly thereafter his ex girlfriend Wai and their son Toka turned up in town. Wai tried to come between Rangi and Rachel, but failed. However, Rangi and Rachel's stormy relationship continued.

Rebecca had developed a heart problem and as a result became a born again Christian. She underwent a heart valve replacement and seemingly made a full recovery. However, Rebecca's christianity did not stop her from becoming involved in questionable relationships with a married man, and the sexually confused Kane, who was simultaneously involved with Rachel's brother Jonathan. One night Rangi and Rebecca argued while renovating Kennedy's which had just been bought for Rachel by her mother as a 21sy birthday present. The two ended up sleeping together, and Rangi decided that he wanted to be with Rebecca. However, Rangi couldn't bring himself to break up with Rachel, and eventually Rebecca grew frustrated and called off the relationship.

Rachel had in fact decided to dump Rangi herself, but was prevented from doing so when Rangi was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. Rangi was left as a paraplegic and Rachel felt obligated to care for him. The stress began to take its toll on Rachel, and she began to drink heavily. Eventually, Rangi and Rachel broke up for good.

Rangi and Rebecca resumed their relationship and eventually Rangi was able to walk again. Rangi was about to propose to Rebecca, but unfortunately the valve used in Reecca's operation was faulty, and she collapsed and died. Rangi was devastated and it took many months before he was able to form another relationship, this time with Donna Heka.

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Ian Seymour

Dr Ian Seymour arrived in town, and after a brief flirtation with Caroline, began dating Jenny, who was still recovering from her breast cancer. Nick initially suspected Ian of being involved in shady business dealings, but it soon seemed that he was wrong about this and insteadwholeheartedly accepted his mother's new relationship. Several months later, Kirsty began to suspect that Ian was not as honest as he appeared to be and vowed to expose him. Kirsty learned that Ian may have been responsible for Rebecca's death as he was involved with the development of the faulty heart valve that killed her. As Ian and Jenny prepared to get married, Ian's mother turned up and also threatened to expose him. One day as they were arguing, Ian's mother had a heart attack and collapsed. Ian stood there and simply watched his mother die. Ian and Jenny married shortly afterwards. Finally, Ian was able to take over the clinic. Kirsty and David teamed up to expose Ian, and finally found the evidence that they were looking for. Kirsty confronted Ian, and he attempted to drown her in his pool. Jenny saved Kirsty, but Ian fled the scene.

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1998 - 2000

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Rangi and Donna

Rangi and Donna's relationship had barely got off the ground when they were dealt with the shocking blow that they were in fact half brother and sister! The two initially hated one another, before becoming friends again. Donna supported Rangi when he was accused of bashing several women, and helped him go on the run. After Rangi was cleared, Donna and Rangi slept together again, but then decided that their relationship was wrong. Donna then had a disastrous affair with the married John Harlan, while Rangi dated Dr Vani Naran before she went ahead with her arranged marriage to Krish. By the end of 1999, Donna had briefly reconciled with her ex husband Joe Heka, but soon realised it was Rangi that she still cared for. Donna then made the shocking discovery that she was the product of an affair and that she and Rangi were not brother and sister afterall. However by this time Rangi was involved in a relationship with Janet Maxwell. Soon afterwards, Rangi helped clear Donna of murder and the two realised they were still in love. Rangi broke up with Janet and he and Donna finally married in the show's 2000th episode. rangi and Donna would be happy for a while, but soon Donna's fertility problems began to get in the way...

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David and Ellen

David and Ellen's marriage was shaken to the core when Rose died of cot death. Ellen turned to Rangi in her grief and the two had an affair. David meanwhile, had turned to Bridget. However, by the end of 1998, Ellen and David had realised that hey still wanted to be with one another. As David prepared to tell Bridget that he was leaving her to return to Ellen, Bridget learned that she was suffering from a brain tumour and as a result, David decided to stay with her uintil she recovered. The two flew off to the U.S so Bridget could get treatment. Upon their return, Ellen and David began seeing each other again. Fergus eventually grew tired of the way that his father was treating Bridget and so told her the truth himself. Bridget was upset and immediately decided to leave town. Ellen and David were happy to be together once more but their relationship soon suffered a serious blow when it was found that David was suffering from an illness that would eventually cost him his sight. David's condition worsened, and he eventually decided to retire to the Hawkes Bay. Ellen went with him.

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Oscar and Mackenzie

1998 would be the worst year of Minnie's life as she would also be deeply affected by her sister's death Minnie began rebelling. However within a few months she had calmed down somewhat and formed a relationship with Oscar Henry who had replaced Jenny after she took a job down in Wellington with Marj. However, Minnie would soon begin to feel uneasy around Oscar after he made several attempts to control her appearance and lifestyle. Minnie decided that she had to break up with Oscar.

Lionel decided once and for all that he wanted to be with Kirsty, but she was still haunted by the memory of her final showdown with Darryl almost three years earlier. Kirsty's preoccupation with Darryl's death only increased when his twin brother Damien turned up. Kirsty realised that shehad killed Darryl, but Damien forgave her and the two fell in love. After Damien was injured in a fire, Kirsty decided she wanted to be with him, and the two left town.

Lionel had been devastated after Kirsty left town to be with Damien Neilson, but soon decided to put his life together. He bought the R Bar from Alex and renamed it Lionel's. He soon got the sock of his life when it was revealed that he had in fact sired an illegitamate son Luke, who was now 15. Lionel and Luke got to know one another, and soon after Lionel also formed a relationship with Mackenie Choate, a psychiatrist who worked at the clinic.

Mackenzie helped Minnie break up with Oscar after he blackmailed her with several pornagraphic pictures that he had taken of her. Oscar was enraged. Making his way over to Minnie's house, he forced himself on her and raped her. Minnie told Mackenzie what had happened but Oscar framed Mackenzie for fraud, leading to her dismissal from the clinic. Several weeks later, Oscar stole $1 million from the clinic's takings, and shortly thereafter was found bludgeoned by Minnie.

The mystery continued into the following year as Fergus and Minnie were both suspected of the crime. While Oscar languished in a coma, Mackenzie began acting strangely even though she and Lionel were now engaged. While on a weekend vacation with Luke, Lionel and Mackenzie decided to elope, but shortly after their wedding, Lionel discovered several large sums of cash in Mackenzie's bag. Mackenzie confessed it was the money Oscar had stolen from the clinic and Lionel realised that Mackenzie had bludgeoned Oscar. He fled from Mackenzie and was swept off some rocks at a beach. His body was never found.

Mackenzie became increasingly unhinged after Lionel's death and resorted to drugging Luke in order to keep him near her. Mackenzie also began an affair with the recently returned Greg Feeney. Soon afterwards, Mackenzie realised Oscar was faking his coma and had a final showdown with him in his hospital ward. She managed to overpower him and then set off a bomb in his room. Mackenzie then fled town soon afterwards.

Fergus would help Minnie deal with her rape trauma and the two would briefly reunite. However, their relationship finally ended for good when Minnie discovered that Fergus was cheating on her. Minnie's next relationship would end in the same way, making Minnie to decide to use men for all she could get. This led Minnie into a brief foray into prostitution, though she wound up in a spot of bother when a man she slept with died. Nick would help her get out of this jam and the two formed a brief relationship.

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The Crombie Family

Moira Crombie had arrived at the clinic midway through 1997, followed soon afterwards by her daughter Shelley. While Shelley have an abortion, the Crombie's were generally a somewhat happy family, though it was soon revealed that Moira had been in prison for several years following an armed robbery. Moira's co-workers finally met her often mentioned husband Earl in 1998 at the Shortland Street Talent Quest. Soon afterwards, the Crombie's would fall into financial strife that necessitated Earl going overseas for several months in order to take a job. Whie Earl was gone, Moira's ex boyfriend Dean arrived in town. Moira was initially bitter (because he had been the ringleader in the armed robbery and had left her to take the fall for the crime), but eventually forgave him. Dean shouted the Crombies a trip to see Earl at the end of 1998.

Early in 1999, The Crombie's would be rocked by the news that youngest son Matthew 'Maddy' Crombie had leukeamia. Maddy underwent treatment, and eventually a bone marrow donor was found in the form of eldest Crombie son Jordan. Earl also returned after his son got sick. Moira later discovered that Jordan was gay, and while she initially did not accept her son;s homosexuality, she eventually grew to accept him for who he was.

Earl would then be killed in a drink driving accident, leaving Moira a widow. Soon afterwards, Shelley also left town to head to Germany on an exchange programme. However, Moira's grief was soon tempered by the return of her former flame Dean. By the end of 1999, the two decided that they were in love with each other and married in early 2000. Dean's daughter Erin would come to live with Moira and Dean, and while she initially did not get along with her stepbrother Blake, the two soon formed a friendship, though the family's unity was severely threatened when Erin fell for her teacher. Erin was eventually sent back to live with her mother, while Moira's nephew Eamon came to live with the family. Eamon's presence in the household would drive Dean and Moira apart, particularly after Eamon drugged and raped Nurse Kate Larsen. Moira believed in Eamon's innocence, but Dean realised that he was guilty and as a result, Moira and Dean would separate at the end of 2000.

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Nick and Waverley

Nick got a surprise when Waverley returned to Ferndale after being away for more than two years. They soon reunited, and were preparing to get married when Roger, Waverley's ex husband got in the way. Nick forgave Waverley for her indiscretion, but couldn't forgive her when she cut all of his hair off. The two broke up and both had a series of flings, Nick with Aleesha and Minnie, Waverley with Fergus. Nick then learned that he had gotten his girlfriend Angela (Ange) pregnant. Nick committed himself to Ange, but their happiness was shortlived when Ange discovered that she had cancer and had to make a choice between treatment and the baby. Ange choose the baby and was able to carry the child until she was 28 weeks along before finally giving birth. However by this time it was too late to treat the cancer, Ange only had a few months left to live.

After a series of misunderstandings, Waverley also committed to Fergus and they got engaged at the end of 2000.

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2001 - 2003

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The Revamp

Chris Warner returned to town at the end of 2000 and immediately regained control of the clinic. It seemed that Chris had some sort of plan to Change Shortland Street forever and sure enough, it was soon revealed that he had sold Shortland Street to the Government and that Shortland Street was to transform into a public hospital. The revamp of the clinic into a hospital left many of the staff without a job as several departments were closed as they were deemed to be no longer of use to the new hospital. During this period, Sofia, Paul, Cassie, Frank, Moira, Kate, Al and Tamsin would all leave, to be replaced by newcomers such as Toni Thompson, Judy Brownlee, The Heywoods (Barb, Adam and Marshall) and The Hudsons (Joe, Te Hana, Mihi and Tama).

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Nick and Waverley

Nick and Ange named their son Lucas and spent a precious few weeks together before Ange finally succumbed to her illness. Nick was initially devastated, and blamed baby Lucas for Ange's death, but eventually began to see that Lucas wasn't to blame and that the best way to honour Ange's memory would be to be the best possible dad to Lucas.

Meanwhile, Fergus got caught up in an illegal immigration scam which resulted in the death of one of the illegal immigrants. Fergus was left to take the fall for the scam but was detirmined to marry Waverley and kept from her the news that he was wanted by the police for his involvement in the scam. However as Fergus and Waverley were due to be married, the police arrived to arrest Fergus. fergus fled from the cops and poor Waverley was left jilted at the altar.

Waverley consoled herself by helping Nick look after his son, and the two grew closer. However, Waverley begn a relationship with Dr Adam Heywood. Nick finally admitted his feelings to Waverley and the two considered reuniting. However Waverley decided that she couldn't leave Adam after his mother Barb was injured in an explosion. Nick and Lucas left Ferndale for London. Meanwhile Waverley and Adam eventually went their separate ways, and Waverley began pining for Nick. Nick eventually returned and he and Waverley got married.

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Deaths in Shortland Street

  • 1992 - Nurse Sarah Donnelly - Melanoma


  • 1993 - Tom Neilson - Heart-Attack


  • 1994 - Steve Mills - Car Accident
  • 1994 - Talita Pahele (TP) Alinei - Car Accident


  • 1995 - Darryl Neilson - Drowned
  • 1995 - Richard Thornton - Fall/Broken Neck
  • 1995 - Sir Bruce Warner - Cancer
  • 1995 - Nurse Carmen Roberts - Brain Hemarage


  • 1996 - Bernie Leach - Blegeoned With Candlestick [murdered by Carla Crozier-Leach]


  • 1997 - Rebecca Frost - Faulty Heart Valve
  • 1997 - Annabelle Lustwick - Euthanasia [by Caroline Buxton]


  • 1998 - Baby Rose Crozier-Kearney - SIDS [Sudden Infant-Death Syndrome]
  • 1998 - Tiffany Marinovich - High-Rise Fall


  • 1999 - Dr.Michael McKenna - Heart-Attack
  • 1999 - Lionel Skeggins - Presumed Drowned
  • 1999 - Oscar Henry - Explosion [murdered by Dr.McKenzie Choat]
  • 1999 - Earl Crombie - Car Accident


  • 2000 - Dr.Laura Hall - Heart-Attack
  • 2000 - Eamon Dempsey - Fall From Cliff


  • 2001 - Angela Weaver - Cancer
  • 2001 - Rangi Heremia - Overdose [murdered by Kim Tiroa]
  • 2001 - Jack Hewitt - Hit By A Car [Suicide]


  • 2002 - James Kingi - Gangland Stabbing [murdered by Kurt Matakuare]
  • 2002 - Connie McAllister - Euthanasia [by Dr. Geoff Greenlaw]
  • 2002 - Neil Kepple - Euthanasia [by Dr.Geoff Greenlaw]


  • 2003 - Lady Margot Warner - Cancer
  • 2003 - Baby Ngakau Kahu - Streptoccous B
  • 2003 - Max Henley - Brain Hemarage
  • 2003 - Dr.Geoff Greenlaw - Froze To Death In Chiller [murdered by Dominic Thompson]
  • 2003 - Nurse Anne Greenlaw Kahu - Crushed In Building Collapse


  • 2004 - Nurse Layla Cornwall - Hanging [Suicide]
  • 2004 - Rex Treherne - Heart-Attack
  • 2004 - Avril Lucich - Drowned in Bathtub [murdered by Dominic Thompson]
  • 2004 - Dominic Thompson - Fiery Explosion [Suicide]


  • 2005 - Baby James Thompson Warner - Miscarried [6mnths]
  • 2005 - Norman Hanson - Car Accident


  • 2006 - Ian Jefferies - Fall From Cliff [Possible Suicide]



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Cast

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Original Cast Members

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Current Cast Members (2006)

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Recurring Cast Members (2006)

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Deceased Cast Members

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External links

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