Shortland Street

Show Summary

Shortland Street is a fast-paced serial drama set in an eponymous inner city Auckland hospital. A South Pacific Pictures production, the iconic show is based around the births, deaths and marriages of the staff, family and patients. Screening five days a week on TV2 it is New Zealand’s longest running drama. Characters and lines from the show have entered the culture, most famously, “You’re not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!”. This 2007 promo, set to the theme song, collects together highlights from the first 15 years of the show.

Alum Actors

• Alison Bruce plays Danni Brown/Nurse Lindsay Maguire
• Alistair Browning plays Felix Bentley
• Angela Marie Dotchin plays Kirsty Knight
• Barry Duffield plays Dave Woods/Les Foster/Quinten/Constable Dave Groves/Golf Buddy/Bio-Security Officer Carter/D.I Taylor
• Bruce Burfield plays Zjelko Kostanic
• Bruce Hopkins plays Marcus Bowman
• Charmaine Guest plays Nurse Mallory Price
• Craig Parker plays Guy Warner
• Daniel Meade plays Karl Smith
• David Mackie plays Haden Lowe
• Dean O'Gorman plays Nurse Harry Martin
• Elizabeth Hawthorne plays Dr. Julia Thornton
• Janine Burchett plays Susie Hunter
• Jason Hoyte plays John Grainger
• Jo-Anna Crichton plays Raewyn Hart
• Jodie Rimmer plays Danni/Samara Hindmarsh/Stacey
• Joel Tobeck plays Craig Develter
• John Dybvig plays Rick Burnbaum
• Josh Gilbertson plays Matt Bennett
• Katrina Browne plays Jenna Small
• Kevin Smith plays Jed
• Kieren Hutchison plays Jonathan McKenna
• Marek Sumich plays Derek Richmond
• Meighan Desmond plays Lulu Chatfield
• Michael Daly plays Police Prosecutor
• Michael Hurst plays Greg Vicelich
• Miriama Smith plays Nurse Awhina Broughton
• Morgan Reese Fairhead plays Bianca Davenport
• Paolo Rotondo plays Andrew Solomon
• Paul Norrell plays Malcolm Ward
• Paul Willis plays Sheridan Smith
• Robin Kora plays Arthur Kahu and Detective Nuku
• Ross Duncan plays Dan Thodey/Dennis Kennedy-Brown/William McAllister
• Scott Michaelson plays Curtis Thompson
• Sharon Tyrell plays Karen Donovan
• Sonia Gray plays Aleesha Cook
• Stuart Devenie plays Art Teacher
• Taungaroa Emile plays Whetu Hudson
• Timothy Lee plays Noel Carter
• Andrew Robertt plays Nurse Steve Mills - (HtLJ and X:WP alum, as well as Power Rangers, Legend of the Seeker, Lawless: Dead Evidence, and The Legend of William Tell)
• Beth Allen plays Brooke Freeman - (X:WP alum, as well as The Legend of William Tell and Power Rangers)
• Brian Moore plays Russell Loomis - (alum of Riverworld and Legend of the Seeker)
• Colin Moy plays Brett Valentine - (HtLJ and X:WP alum, as well as Cleopatra 2525, Riverworld, and Legend of the Seeker)
• Ken Blackburn plays Sir Bruce Warner - (HtLJ and X:WP alum, as well as The Legend of William Tell)
• Patrick Kake plays Kim Tairoa - (HtLJ alum, as well as Legend of the Seeker, Power Rangers Mystic Force, Riverworld, and Cleopatra 2525)
• Ray Henwood plays Dr. Laurence Godfrey - (HtLJ and X:WP alum, as well as The Legend of William Tell)

Links

• Shortland Street on IMDB
• Shortland Street on TVNZ
• Shortland Street on Wikipedia
• Shortland Street on TV.com

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