List of Shortland Street characters

Shortland Street is a New Zealand soap opera that has been broadcast on TV2 since 25 May 1992. The show centres on the title hospital and its staff and their families. The following characters currently appear in the soap opera. Characters who have been portrayed by more than one actor, are listed, with the most recent actor at the top of the list.

Main characters

Actor	Character	Duration
Michael Galvin	Chris Warner	1992–1996, 2000–
Sally Martin	Nicole Miller	2009–
Ria Vandervis	Harper Whitley	2013–
Ben Barrington	Drew McCaskill	2015–
Ngahuia Piripi	Esther Samuels	2015–
CJ Reinecke Awa Puna	Gia Te Atakura	2017, 2022–
Scott Smart	Marty Walker	2019–
Jess Sayer	Maeve Mullens	2020–
Courtenay Louise	Monique Strutter	2020–
Marianne Infante	Madonna Diaz	2021–
Theo David	Viliami To'a	2021–
Bella Kalolo	Selina To'a	2023–
Paul Waggott	Thaddeus Fleiss	2023–
Peter Burman	Sage Stewart	2023–
Jane Wills	Phil Grayson	2024–
Mo Nasir	Nazar Arshad	2024–

Recurring characters

Actor	Character	Relation	Duration	Source
Athens Koloi	Pele Kruse-Miller	Nicole Miller and Vinnie Kruse's son	2014–	[1][2]
Louis Brunel-Morvan	Billy McCaskill	Intersex child of Drew McCaskill and Harper Whitley	2018–	[3][2]
Arlo Jackson
Hiwaiterangi Hiwa Dixon	Kiwa Adams	Esther and Eddie's son	2020–	[4]
James Allan	Marley Fraser	Adopted son of Harper Whitley and Drew McCaskill	2020–
Valerie Maea	Pikitia Hannah	Daughter of Esther Samuels and Curtis Hannah	2022–
Megg Alexander	Cassie Lloyd	Mother of Maeve & Nicole's grandson, Knox	2022–
Stephen Lovatt	Dr. Emmett Whitman	ED Consultant at Shortland Street and former Head of Emergency at Central.	2023–
Jade Daniels	Julian Jonas	Lead Shareholder in Shortland Street hospital	2024–

Lists of characters by year of introduction

Further information: List of original Shortland Street characters

• 1992
• 1993
• 1994
• 1995
• 1996
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024

References

1. Harvey, Kerry (21 February 2020). "Biting drama on Shortland Street for Sally Martin". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
2. Harvey, Kerry (21 May 2020). "Shortland Street casting director reveals how they find their youngest stars". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.
3. Corcoran, Sinead (26 March 2019). "Shortland Street looking for new infant to play intersex baby". stuff.co.nz.
4. Harvey, Kerry (30 July 2020). "Shortland Street newcomer Chye-Ling Huang calls for more roles for Asian actors". New Zealand TV Guide. Fairfax Media.