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Marty Walker (Shortland Street)
Marty Walker is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who has been portrayed by Scott Smart since December 2019. Creation and Casting The character of Marty was created as a core-cast member who would have a large role in the 2019 Christmas cliffhanger. Scott Smart auditioned for the character having recently returned from Australia, and winning the role, started filming in October 2019. Initial storylines scripted for Marty were to depict him as a "devoted" doctor who having lost his wife to a mysterious strain of influenza, was dedicated to uncovering the cause of the illness; in what coincidentally echoed the outbreak of COVID-19 at the time. The character debuted on-screen in December, and was labelled as "''Shortland Streets answer to Derek Shepherd, McDreamy from ''Grey's Anatomy''." The character was portrayed as a "hero" and a "pretty face", with Smart describing Marty as "Loyal and Hardworking". However Smart believed there were "layers" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Recurring Characters Lists of characters by year of introduction * 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 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shortland Street characters Fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a Psychological trauma, traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, warfare and its associated traumas, natural disaster, traffic collision, or other threats on a person's life or well-being. Symptoms may include disturbing thoughts, feelings, or dreams related to the events, mental or physical distress (medicine), distress to Psychological trauma, trauma-related cues, attempts to avoid trauma-related cues, alterations in the way a person thinks and feels, and an increase in the fight-or-flight response. These symptoms last for more than a month after the event and can include triggers such as misophonia. Young children are less likely to show distress, but instead may express their memories through play (activity), play. Most people who experience traumatic events do not develop PTSD. People who experience interpersonal violence such as rape, other sexual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milo Cross
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2022, by order of first appearance. Pikitia Hannah Lovely Rivera Lovely Rivera appeared as a recurring character throughout 2022 to 2023. Lovely arrived as a new temp nurse at the hospital and surprised her childhood best friend Madonna (Marianne Infante). Swiftly moving in with Madonna and her daughter Joy (Athena Matthews), Lovely made an impression in Ferndale and grew attracted to TK Samuels (Benjamin Mitchell). However Lovely and Madonna soon fell out when she drunkenly admitted to having an affair with Madonna's husband Samson. Lovely continued sporadically at the hospital throughout the year, eventually reconciling albeit never-as-close with Madonna. Madonna was shocked when she discovered Lovely was dating gang member Taz Brooker (Niwa Whatuira). Despite Lovely being in love, Madonna pressured her to leave Taz due to his gang's violent nature. Lovely la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matariki
In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar. Historically, Matariki was usually celebrated for a period of days during the last quarter of the moon of the lunar month Pipiri (around June). The ceremony involved viewing the individual stars for forecasts of the year to come, mourning the deceased of the past year, and making an offering of food to replenish the stars. Some Māori use the rise of Puanga (Rigel) or other stars to mark the new year. Celebration of Matariki declined during the 20th century, but beginning in the early 1990s it underwent a revival. Matariki was first celebrated as an official public holiday in New Zealand on 24 June 2022. Name and meaning Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars known to Western astronomers as the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus. is a shortened version of , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahu Parata
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2022, by order of first appearance. Pikitia Hannah Lovely Rivera Lovely Rivera appeared as a recurring character throughout 2022 to 2023. Lovely arrived as a new temp nurse at the hospital and surprised her childhood best friend Madonna (Marianne Infante). Swiftly moving in with Madonna and her daughter Joy (Athena Matthews), Lovely made an impression in Ferndale and grew attracted to TK Samuels (Benjamin Mitchell). However Lovely and Madonna soon fell out when she drunkenly admitted to having an affair with Madonna's husband Samson. Lovely continued sporadically at the hospital throughout the year, eventually reconciling albeit never-as-close with Madonna. Madonna was shocked when she discovered Lovely was dating gang member List of Shortland Street characters introduced in 2022#Taz Brooker, Taz Brooker (Niwa Whatuira). Despite Lovely being in love, Madonna pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samira Moradi
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2021, by order of first appearance. Samira Moradi Madonna Diaz Madonna Diaz first appeared as part of the cast in mid-2021. Infante was the first Filipino actor to play a core-cast member on ''Shortland Street''. Viliami To'a Joy Diaz Francesca Telford Francesca Telford appeared for 5 months from November 2021. Wiseman's casting was announced alongside Ava Diakhaby, and was said to be one of New Zealand's "most successful actresses" returning to the show. Francesca was the third role Wiseman had played in the soap, having previously appeared in the nineties and as Jennifer Mason in 2010. Francesca arrived to Ferndale as the new Head of Surgery at Shortland Street Hospital. Francesca was a long-time friend of Chris Warner's (Michael Galvin) partner Viv (Katherine Kennard), and found herself supporting Viv through a violent ordeal with an ex-partner. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Strutter
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 Recurring Characters Lists of characters by year of introduction * 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 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shortland Street characters Fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngahuia Piripi
Ngahuia Piripi is a New Zealand television actress. Piripi plays Esther Samuels on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Biography Piripi was born in Auckland to Poto Stephens-Dunn and Haami Piripi; she was raised by her mother. She is a member of Te Rarawa tribe. She attended a Kura Kaupapa Māori (a Māori-language immersion primary school) and is fluent in Te Reo Māori. She attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School and while still studying started working on Māori language television shows such as ''Whanau.'' After high school she started studying for a science degree then changed to a bachelor of Māori development at Auckland University of Technology. She continued to work on Maori language television, appearing in two seasons of the soap ''Korero Mai''. Piripi has also appeared in the movie ''Mahana'', produced by Lee Tamahori Warren Lee Tamahori (; born 17 June 1950) is a New Zealand film director. His feature directorial debut, ''Once Were Warriors'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Samuels
Esther Māreikura Samuels is a fictional character on New Zealand's longest-running soap opera ''Shortland Street'', played by actress Ngahuia Piripi since 2015. Creation and casting At 25, Ngahuia Piripi was cast as Esther Samuels, a "a young doctor with a forthright attitude"; making her debut on 14 October 2015. The character was written as the daughter of established character TK Samuels' (Benjamin Mitchell) cousin, being so personally close they had an "uncle-niece" relationship. Piripi took inspiration from her stepmother for the role as she was, "an awesome, beautiful, very strong Māori lady ... She’s quite similar to what I imagined Esther being like, a real-life example for me." Piripi sought to portray Esther for the long-term, passing her 10 year anniversary on the soap, "I want to be on the show long enough for Esther to become prime minister ... I never really had that dream f pursuing Hollywood actingand I discovered that early in my years at ''Shortland Street'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Ludlam
Jennifer Kay Ludlam (born 23 July 1951 in Taumarunui, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born actress, who remains best known for her roles in Australian television. Acting roles In Australia, she was a regular cast member in the short-lived soap opera ''Waterloo Station (TV series), Waterloo Station'' (1983) followed by guest stints on ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'' (as Janice Grant in 1985), and ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters''. She was also a presenter on the long-running Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC children's TV series Play School (Australian TV series), Play School. Returning to New Zealand, Ludlam has had roles in several television shows, movies and theatre productions. Honours In the 2005 New Year Honours (New Zealand), 2005 New Year Honours, Ludlam was appointed a New Zealand Order of Merit, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the theatre. Filmography Film Television References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
