Paul Gittins is a

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actor who is best known for playing Doctor Michael McKenna in ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand Prime time, prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992 and is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, be ...

'' from 1992 to 1995 and 1998 to 1999, and he has also appeared in '' The End of the Golden Weather'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', '' City Life'', '' The Whole of the Moon'' and ''Maiden Voyage''. He is the father of Calum Gittins. Paul Gittins is also the presenter of "

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", a program that looks at interesting epitaphs and the stories behind them. It currently airs on the Paranormal Channel in the UK.nzonscreen.com - Paul Gittins
Retrieved: 11 January 2011 In 2022 he was presented with a Scroll of Honour from the

Variety Artists Club of New Zealand The Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc (VAC) is a non-for-profit organisation and show business club. It was founded in 1966 and became an incorporated society in 1972. The VAC was formed to promote goodwill within the New Zealand enterta ...

for his contribution to New Zealand entertainment.

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