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unusual facts about The longest running characters in ''Shortland Street'' Chris Warner (Michael Galvin



Amy Morrison

Morrison has also played small roles in feature films Jack Be Nimble and Every Woman's Dream as well as appearances on Jack of All Trades, Shortland Street and William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale among other work in television and film.

Anne Kahu

Anne arrived in 2001 after getting a job as a nurse at Shortland Street, where her adoptive brother - Geoff (Andrew Laing) worked as a doctor.

Campbell Cooley

In 2005 he appeared in New Zealand's medical soap opera Shortland Street as nurse 'Liam Todd', caregiver to Dr. Chris Warner’s twin sister, Amanda Warner (Marissa Stott).

Daniel Logan

Picked up by a casting agent, he began to do more commercials and TV appearances, including a recurring role in episodes of the New Zealand-based medical series "Shortland Street" and a guest appearance in the international series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Darryl Neilson

These included attempting to rape Kirsty Knight (Angela Dotchin), drugging Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) so that he missed his wedding day, faking the abduction of his own children, distributing dodgy drugs, stealing Grace Kwan's (Lynette Forday) egg cells and eventually drowning after attempting to murder Kirsty.

When she reconciled with Chris Warner (Michael Galvin), Darryl drugged Chris and locked him in a barn; preventing him from attending his wedding and causing Alison to flee the country.

Delphi Greenlaw

Delphi started to attend university but when Dom returned to Ferndale, she decided it was time to leave and told Chris (Michael Galvin) about the evidence connecting Dom to the crime.

Delphine "Delphi" Greenlaw is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street, who was portrayed by Anna Hutchison between 2002 and 2004.

Dominic Thompson

He mysteriously got on well with rival Chris' (Michael Galvin) mother - Margot Warner (Dinah Priestley) and when she died, Dom revealed himself as Chris' illegitimate half brother.

Dom arrived as the brother of established character Toni Thompson (Laura Hill) however soon after arrival, was revealed as the half brother of Chris Warner (Michael Galvin).

Echo Point

TV3 in New Zealand picked up the series for just a few weeks in 1996 but then later cancelled, the show featured former Shortland Street actor Martin Henderson.

Elemeno P

Dave Gibson is also an actor, and had a supporting part in the New Zealand made horror film The Locals in addition to a short stint on New Zealand soap Shortland Street.

Gin Wigmore

Wigmore has two older siblings: brother Olly and sister Lucy Wigmore, a professional actress known for starring as Justine Jones in the long-running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and a role in Underbelly: Razor.

Grace Kwan

Grace returned to Ferndale in October 2013 to audit the hospital following the CEO, Chris Warner's (Michael Galvin) health concerns.

Greer Robson

Greer first came to prominence in the New Zealand film Smash Palace starring as Georgie alongside Bruno Lawrence, but is most well known for her role as Nurse Joanna Jordan in Shortland Street.

Greg Feeney

He dealt drugs to drug addict Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) and soon fled town, leaving Kirsty with an HIV scare.

A drug dealer and criminal, Greg was constantly in trouble, and causing it himself, helping harmless doctor, Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) get addicted to prescription drugs.

Hone Ropata

Hone's fiancé Claire Lloyd (Annie Stanford) soon arrived but the couple broke up when it turned out she had been sleeping with both Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) and Michael McKenna (Paul Gittins).

Hunter McKay

Hunter McKay is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street who was portrayed by Lee Donoghue from December 2006, as part of a new family unit consisting of parents Callum McKay (Peter Mochrie) and Justine Jones (Laurie Foell) and younger sister Sophie McKay (Kimberley Crossman), up until March 2012.

Jamie Forrest

Jamie arrived to Shortland Street in 1993 and after childhood friend - Kirsty (Angela Dotchin) failed to attract Jamie, he revealed he was gay.

Jonathon's father Michael (Paul Gittins) was heavily against the two's relationship and ended up temporarily disowning his son.

Jason Daniel

He was a writer on Neighbours before going to New Zealand and helping set up Shortland Street as a story editor.

Jeff Bollow

In 1996, Bollow moved to New Zealand, where he continued acting, with minor appearances in Shortland Street, Lost Valley, Young Hercules (as an ADR actor), and several others.

Ken Catran

He is perhaps best known for his Deepwater trilogy series and his contribution to the television drama Shortland Street.

Laurie Foell

In 2005 she appeared in a six week recurring guest role on Shortland Street as Justine Jones, an ambitious career driven doctor hired to assist Dr. Chris Warner (played by Michael Galvin) with the Plastics Unit.

Minnie Crozier

Minnie met her real father Ryan Birch (Robert Harte) and was shocked when she learned she was the product of rape.

Pua Magasiva

Pua Magasiva (born August 10, 1980) is a Samoan-New Zealand actor, who is perhaps best known for his roles as Shane Clarke, the Red Ranger from Power Rangers: Ninja Storm, and Nurse Vinnie Kruse in New Zealand soap Shortland Street.

Ria Vandervis

She played the role of the villainess Miratrix in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, and currently portrays Emergency Department Surgeon prodigy Harper Whitley on the long-running TV2 soap opera Shortland Street.

Roimata Ngatai

Used as a focal point for the TK and Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) love triangle, the 2011 Winter Season climaxed with TK's and Roimata aborted wedding.

Following the temporary departure of the Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) character in late 2010, producers decided to create a new love interest for TK Samuels (Benjamin Mitchell) so as to create a love triangle upon Sarah's ultimate return.

After Roimata's initial refusal, the two began to date but the shock return of TK's pregnant estranged wife Sarah (Amanda Billing), lead to the couple hastily becoming engaged.

Shane Cortese

He is perhaps best known for his role as the evil Dominic Thompson on New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and Hayden Peters on hit show Outrageous Fortune.

Sophie McKay

In 2009 she became head girl of Ferndale High and after briefly dating bully - Orlando (Chris Maclennan-Jones), Sophie started to date Daniel Potts (Ido Drent).

St Peter's College, Palmerston North

Ingrid Park - Actress, played the character MacKenzie Choat on Shortland Street.

Tama Hudson

Tama arrived alongside his family in 2001 but it was soon clear to his friend Delphi (Anna Hutchison) that Tama enjoyed music a lot more than he did playing rugby as his father Joe (Rawiri Paratene) wished.

Tama Hudson is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street who was portrayed by David Wikaira-Paul from 2001 to 2006.

Te Hana Hudson

Te Hana arrived with her family in 2001 for a fresh start but she grew annoyed at her brother Victor's (Calvin Tuteao) attempts to break up her marriage to Joe Hudson (Rawiri Paratene).

Telephone numbers in New Zealand

Television shows and movies generally use any available range of numbers (e.g. the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street uses the unassigned (09) 4299 number range.

Tessa Duder

Duder has performed in several of her own plays and acted in 11 episodes of the New Zealand soap Shortland Street.

The Heater

Its music video starred Elizabeth McRae, well known at the time for playing Marjorie Brasch on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

The TV2's 2003

The competition had a panel of eight judges: Convenor of Judges – Robert Boyd-Bell, TV presenter; Stacey Daniels, Producer/Director; Elizabeth Mitchell, Flipside producer; Jude Anaru, Shortland Street writer; Joss King, Writer/TV Presenter; Jim Mora, Producer David Rose; and Head of TV2 Programming Julia Baylis.

Tiffany Pratt

While in charge of the hospital, Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) hired Tiffany, much to the annoyance of the other nurses.

Tiffany Marinovich (née Pratt, previously Warner) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street who was portrayed by Alison James between 1995 and 1998.

Tiffany was created as a love interest for established character, Chris Warner (Michael Galvin), though there was a purposeful chemistry between the two, producers left an ambiguity over whether the two would get together.

TK Samuels

TK arrived to the hospital in 2006 to greet his cousin Huia (Nicola Kawana) and the immature doctor quickly gained a job in the Emergency Department much to the annoyance of Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing).

Vicky Rodewyk

She has appeared in various TV commercials and shows, such as Barney, Shortland Street and an episode of Cloud 9's series Revelations – The Initial Journey.

Wendy Cooper

Wendy was hired by Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) as a nurse at her new clinic but was accused of being a drug addict by doctor Reuben Fitzpatrick (David Aston) and ended up getting a job at Shortland Street Hospital.

Yvonne Jeffries

In 2008 Yvonne started to date Fraser (Peter Daube) but was injured by his wife Deborah (Susan Curnow), who had Alzheimers, and following surgery, developed cancer from a faulty skin graft.


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