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Paul Andrew Reid (born ) is a New Zealand actor, musician and property developer. He played Marshall Heywood on the long-running soap opera ''
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'' from 2001 to 2004, and was also a member of the band
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. He now owns a commercial property investment company in
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and is the drummer for Auckland-based rock band Capital Theatre.


Biography

Born in 1980 or 1981, Reid was educated at
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in
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, where he took part in some school stage productions. He joined Christchurch rock group
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as drummer in 1997, and not long they toured Australia before moving to Auckland. The group broke up in 1998, but Reid remained in Auckland to pursue an acting career. He eventually secured the role of Marshall Heywood in the long-running soap opera ''Shortland Street'', after Reid's band, Rubicon, played a band in the
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film '' Zenon: The Zequel'', which was shot in Auckland. In 1999, Reid (lead vocals and drummer) formed pop group
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with Gene Bennett (guitar) and John Corker (bass). Reid took a break from ''Shortland Street'' in 2002, when his character was sent to a juvenile detention centre, during which time Rubicon recorded their debut album, "Primary", released in August that year. In February 2003, Rubicon headlined the Summer Hummer concerts at the
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Showgrounds and
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in Christchurch, alongside
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and K'Lee. Outside of ''Shortland Street'', Reid acted on stage, including a summer season of Christchurch's Shakespeare in the Park. Reid left ''Shortland Street'' in 2004, and moved to
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to concentrate on music. In 2009, Reid formed the Auckland property management company, IconiCity, which in 2015 purchased the historic St Kevin's Arcade on
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. Other high-profile property investments by to Reid and his companies include the
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, Elliott Stables in Auckland, and Plasma House on
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, which was purchased from American billionaire
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for $6.85 million in 2022. An investigation by ''
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'' newspaper in 2019 described Reid as New Zealand's "most prolific property flipper", flipping more than 130 properties in the six years to 2018 and earning over $4.5 million profit, including 70 apartments in 2013 alone. In 2020, during the
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, Reid's company, Icon Group, attracted criticism after serving notices to tenants of Elliott Stables to pay rent arrears or face eviction when their restaurants were struggling as a result of the pandemic. In April 2022, Reid courted further controversy when he posted a negative review of a bar in St Kevin's Arcade, owned by his property company, criticising the bar's decision to continue using the
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to screen patrons following the removal of the government requirement for hospitality venues to use the pass. The local Member of Parliament,
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, commented: "I’ve seen a lot of things in my time, but it’s a first for commercial landlord negging his tenant who are doing their best to keep our community safe". Reid said that it was ironic that what was once an "anti-establishment and anti-government" punk rock venue was now "clinging so religiously to an outdated government mode of social exclusion", and he noted that he had written off over $2 million in rent owed by small business owners in the Auckland CBD. Reid continues to be involved in music, as vocalist and drummer of rock trio Capital Theatre, releasing a single, "People" in 2021. The band received a $10,000 grant from
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to produce the music video for "People".


See also

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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 h ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Paul New Zealand male television actors 1980s births Living people Actors from Christchurch Musicians from Christchurch People educated at Linwood College Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century New Zealand businesspeople