Storylines

==Storylines by year==
===1992===
Highlights
* The first episode airs, featuring the now infamous line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!"
* Kirsty Knight (Angela Dotchin) is the victim of an attempted rape by Darryl Neilson (Mark Ferguson).
===1993===
Highlights
* Nurse Carrie Kennedy née Burton (Lisa Crittenden) gives birth to triplets.
* Dr. Leonard Dodds (Marton Csokas) and cafe owner Gina Rossi (Josephine Davison) marry.
===1994===
Highlights
* Nurse Steve Mills (Andrew Binns) and TP Aleni are killed in a car crash.
* The 500th episode of Shortland Street airs in April.
* A kiss between Dr. Meredith Fleming (Stephanie Wilkin) and Nurse Annie Flynn (Rebecca Hobbs) sparks controversy.
* Stuart Neilson (Martin Henderson) objects to the marriage of Kirsty Knight (Angela Dotchin) and Lionel Skeggins (John Leigh).
===1995===
Highlights
* Sir Bruce Warner (Ken Blackburn) revealed that Margot Warner (Glynis McNicoll) was not Guy's (Craig Parker) mother and that he had an affair which resulted in his conception. This could explain the hostile nature between Guy and Chris (Michael Galvin)
* After getting drunk and enraging a truck driver who raped her, scheming Nurse Carla Crozier, Ellen Crozier's sister, managed to persuade him to kill himself by driving his truck into the clinic. Receptionist Kirsty Skeggins (née Knight), received the full force of the crash, and was put into a coma. On waking a few days later, she could not remember the last two years of her life, including her marriage to, and love for, cafe owner Lionel Skeggins. Kirsty eventually got her memory back, but found her love for Lionel was gone, possibly never there to begin with, and the two eventually divorced amicably.
* In that same crash other characters, including Nurse Carmen Roberts (Theresa Healey), received minor injuries. While Carmen had complained of a bump to the head, she was adamant that she did not need admitting to hospital, choosing instead to be at home with her family on Christmas Eve. Her partner, Guy Warner (Craig Parker) had proposed to Carmen was attending to the baby when she dropped dead due to a brain aneurysm, leaving him to raise their baby daughter Tuesday (Olivia Tennet) alone.
===1996===
Highlights
* In April, Shortland Street marks its 1000th episode with an earthquake storyline and the murder of Bernie Leach, by his psychotic wife Carla (née Crozier), nurse Ellen Crozier's sister. Carla then attempted suicide by slashing her wrists in the bathtub, only to be discovered by her niece, Minnie Crozier. When Carla eventually came to in hospital and very much alive, she turned even more psychotic and was eventually admitted to a psychiatric facility by Ellen. Carla then tried to strangle Ellen on one of her visits, after which Ellen cut all ties with her sister.
* Future New Zealand Prime Ministers Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark make special appearances in an episode involving Marj Neilson's exit storyline as Marj visits the beehive to begin her new job as an M.P.
* In the first of two one hour episodes of Shortland Street in 1996, the clinic staff are taken hostage.
* The second one hour episode of Shortland Street for that year is the season finale, and features location scenes shot on location in Fiji, the storyline being David Kearney's search for his estranged partner Ellen Crozier.
===1997===
Highlights
* The fifth Anniversary of Shortland Street is marked by the marriage of Dr. David Kearney (Peter Elliot) and nursing manager, Ellen Crozier (Robyn Malcolm).
===1998===
Highlights
* Baby Rose Crozier-Kearney dies of SIDS.
* Shortland Street celebrates its 1500th episode in May.
* Oscar Henry, the controlling ex boyfriend of Minnie Crozier (Katrina Devine), rapes her in her home after they split up. 
* A pregnant Tiffany Marinovich (Alison James) slipped and fell from the roof of a high-rise while trying to stop a patient attempting suicide. The patient was later admitted to a psychiactric ward.
===1999===
Highlights
* Lionel Skeggins (John Leigh) is presumed drowned on his wedding day to Dr. Mackenzie Choat (Ingrid Park).
* Mackenzie murders Oscar Henry by making his hospital room explode.
===2000===
Highlights
* Another earthquake strikes, causing the clinic to sink due to Soil Liquefaction. The clinic shifts to a bigger premises nearby – (in reality this storyline was necessitated by the movement of the Shortland Street studios from Browns Bay to Henderson).
* Shortland Street's 2000th episode features the wedding of paramedica Rangi Heremaia (Blair Strang) and medical assistant Donna Heka (Stephanie Tauevihi).
* Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett) and his partner, paramedic Ange Weaver (Katherine Hubbard) celebrate the arrival of their son Lucas.
===2001===
Highlights
* A cast cull leads to the exits of 14 characters, with new characters such as Nurse Toni Thompson (Laura Hill), The Heywood and Hudson Families coming in to replace them.
===2002===
Highlights
* Shortland Street celebrates its tenth anniversary in May, followed by its 2500th episode in June.
* After a tumultuous eight year courtship, Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett)and Waverley Wilson (Claire Chitham) finally marry.
===2003===
Highlights
* Tama Hudson and Shannon Te Ngaru are devastated by the death of their newborn son Ngakau Kahu, to Streptococcus B.
* Nurse Anne Kahu embarks on a scandalous affair with son-in-law Nelson Copeland.
* Dr. Geoff Greenlaw's body is found frozen in a chiller, sparking off a whodunit storyline that becomes Shortland Street's main focus over the following year.
* Nurse Anne Kahu is crushed and killed in a building collapse as the result of business mogul, Rex Treherne's (Raymond Hawthorne) shoddy building practices.
===2004===
Highlights
* Shortland Street celebrates its 3000th episode in June with an episode focusing on the two remaining original cast members, Dr. Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) and Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett). In the episode Chris struggles with his attraction to Lucy Swinton (Sally Stockwell), only to learn that she is sleeping with his old foe Dominic Thompson (Shane Cortese), while Nick and Waverley (Claire Chitham) celebrate the birth of their new baby girl, Tina-Anne.
* Dominic Thompson's return marked his second reign of terror, during which he frames Dr. Victor Kahu for Geoff Greenlaw's murder; murdered his PA, Avril Lucich by drowning her in a bathtub; left teenager Scarlett Valentine (Nicole Thomson) in a coma after pushing her down the stairs to prevent her identifying him; framed Bernadette Lucich (Avril's twin sister) for fraud and finally stealing Chris Warner's identity and money before attempting to kill him in a jealous murder-suicide ploy which resulted in Dominic being severely burnt in an explosion and dying after confessing to Geoff and Avril's murders. 
* Shortland Street screens a one hour episode on Christmas Day, featuring the marriage of Tama Hudson and Shannon Te Ngaru.
===2005===
Highlights
* Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) marries Toni Thompson (Laura Hill).
* Nick, Waverley, Lucas and Tina-Anne depart Ferndale for Taranaki.
* Norman Hansen (Jacob Tomuri) dies following a car accident.
===2006===
Highlights
* On February 14, 2006, Shortland Street was the first soap opera to feature a Civil Union between lesbian couple, Maia Jeffries and Jay Copeland.
* A deadly virus outbreak in Shortland Street Hospital claims the life of Dr. Li Mei Chen a year after her boyfriend Norman died.
* Shortland Street films two episodes on location in Rotorua.
* The love-triangle between Huia Samuels, Dr. Craig Valentine and Dr. Sarah Potts comes to an explosive end when Huia is killed in a car bombing in the hospital carpark meant for Anthony Richards. Those responsible where never identified until 2008 when those responsible are revealed to be Don Lennox and thugs who are members of the whitetails and were hired by Scott Spear. With this storyline it also introduces Dev Robin Gardener whom appears again in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
===2007===
Highlights
* Scarlett Valentine was a target of schoolyard bullying moved to Australia after she tried to run over ex-boyfriend Hunter McKay who also had his share on problems being underage for a safe sex campaign and for forming a relationship with widow Tess Adamson.
* Maia Jefferies desire for a baby led her use her brother-in-law Mark Weston as a sperm donor. The father's identify was discovered by Jay. After learning of Jay's death, Maia was consoled by her mother Yvonne and sister Tania when Mark announced he was the baby's father. Maia then went into labour.
* Sarah Potts marries TK Samuels, but their honeymoon was short-lived, as she returned to work after ex-boyfriend and E.D. head Craig Valentine suffered a heart attack.
* Toni Warner took son Harry and fled to Australia with brother-in-law Guy and his daughter Tuesday having discovered husband Chris with Rachel McKenna and then learnt of his affair with Justine Jones from Guy. They later returned to New Zealand, but as to what happened during that time has not been revealed. Their return in December 2007 ended with the four upsidedown in a wrecked car driven by Guy.
* From early July, a serial killer dubbed "The Ferndale Strangler", had the women of Shortland Street Hospital living in fear when several were found strangled with surgical procedures carried out on their bodies. The victims: receptionist Claire Solomon found in a rubbish skip outside the hospital; nurse Meg Harris found in a skip outside The I.V.; bar owner Jay Copeland found in bushes near the hospital; nurse Beth Wilson was abducted from her home and found a week later by river; and nurse Brenda Holloway was given a lethal injection on Halloween night by someone in a Halloween mask after discovering crucial evidence regarding mysterious cardiac arrests. Undercover policewoman Tracey Morrison, posing as a nurse, had a narrow escape when she was found sedated in a skip behind The I.V., markings on her torso indicated surgical procedures – she was moved to a safe-house. Gavin Capper and Justin Salt were arrested on an unrelated case. The police assumed Gavin was the Ferndale Strangler, however the last episode for 2007 revealed that the Ferndale Strangler was in fact, nurse Joey Henderson when he pulled IV tubing from his pocket and was seen about strangle nurse Tania Jeffries having learnt she was in a relationship with doctor Kip Denton.
===2008===
Highlights
* With the identity of the Ferndale Strangler revealed, viewers saw Joey Henderson fail in his attempt to strangle Tania Jeffries. Joey then set his sights on nurse Shanti Kumari after finding out that she is betrothed to Dinesh Jivani, while also dating James "Scotty" Scott. Joey later turned his frustration onto Alice Piper who he kidnapped and kept in a storage unit where he gave her an appendectomy. Alice managed to escape her 'prison' when she stabbed Joey's leg, piercing his femoral artery which began bleeding profusely. Craig and Kieran arrived at the lock-up. Craig found a bleeding Joey who pretended to die. As Craig turned away, Joey limped off, only to be pursued and caught by Kieran on the roof. Rather than surrendering to the police, Joey committed suicide by jumping off the building. 
* The aftermath of the high-speed car crash saw Toni, Harry and Tuesday Warner admitted to Shortland Street Hospital and Guy Warner taken to Central. Tuesday and Harry have minor injuries, Toni lost one of her kidneys and later returned to work. Guy was seriously ill and placed in an induced coma for a time. Eventually Guy started drug rehabilitation at Shortland Street hospital, under the care of Scotty, and for a time refused to enter a rehabilition centre paid for by his brother. Guy later caused a sensation by publishing a book about the Warners and Chris' relationship with various women, alluding to him offering promotion for sex which was incorrect. Guy left for the States and Tuesday followed soon after.
* Teenage cousins, Wiremu Potae and Tane Samuels returned to Ferndale as Shortland Street tackled the issue of teenage driving. This storyline's dramatic climax occurred when the boys, along with Sophie McKay and Tuesday Warner, become involved in street-racing with illegally modified cars. Wiremu had been warned by another of the boy racers that his car wasn't safe but ignored that advice and proceeded to race, following an incident involving Sophie and one of the other boys. Wiremu, with Sophie, lost control of his car at high-speed when it hit a pot-hole. He hit Tane, leaving him in a crumpled heap on the road. Justine Jones performed surgery on Tane and later told him he may not walk again. TK Samuels and Sarah Potts learnt from the police that car was unwarranted and had been illegally altered. Wiremu was charged with operating a dangerous vehicle. Both Tuesday and Sophie have nightmares of the accident. Tuesday admitted that she relives the car crash that involved her father. The two boys fell out and Wiremu drank a full bottle of whisky which left him in a coma and close to death. Wiremu recovered; Tane spoke to a paralysis counsellor about life in a wheelchair and plans to become a nurse.
*Original series regular, Dr. Hone Ropata (Temuera Morrison) returns in Episode 4000 for a six week guest-stint.
*Norovirus was identified on an incoming patient and Toni Warner unwittingly became exposed to the disease but thought it was a stomach bug which Harry had a few days earlier. On June 12, 2008 June, Sarah Potts found Toni asleep and woke her, then realised she was severely dehydrated, and rushes her to the E.D. Toni's close call stirred Chris' protective instincts and when her test results returned, it became apparent that her surviving kidney was irreparably damaged. Toni was floored at the news that she would need dialysis for the rest of her life. Chris vowed to do everything he could to care for her, and insisted that she moved back home. A reluctant but grateful Toni accepted, and Harry was delighted that Mummy was finally returning home. However, due to an unexpected reaction to the dialysis, Toni's blood pressure dropped and Harry watched on in horror as Sarah, TK, Alice and Scotty fought to save Toni's life. Chris arrived too late, it's out on his dreadful shock he struggled to realise that Toni had died. A post mortem determined Toni died from cardiac arrest. A few days later Toni was farewelled at an emotional funeral. With Chris on bereavement leave, Callum was acting CEO, a role Riley wants him assume full-time.
* Problems with drugs supplied by Scott Spear were found to have been severely diluted and some patients had died as a result. Among them was Toni Warner. Doctors Craig Valentine and Justine Jones began to investigate the source. Anthony Richards, a former Scott-Spear drug company employee who was in hiding, fearing retaliation, alerted Craig and Justine to a journal containing drug cover-ups. When Craig eventually got his hands on the ledger, he was pursued by whitetail thugs who forced his SUV off the road and then chased him around a wooded area. Craig's heart problems resurfaced, which led to him being captured, beaten to death, then torched in his SUV. Justine Jones then became a target when Don Lennox and the whitetails were hired by Scott Spear to kill her. After Justine discovered a bomb in her car, she used it to fake her death and escape with a new identity to Australia where she is under witness protection. 
* Ferndale residents continue to be admitted to emergency department following attacks by the Whitetails gang. A gang member fired shots into the operating theatre where Chris Warner, Morgan Braithwaite, Ethan Pierce and Tania Jefferies were attending to a Whitetail stabbing victim. The shooter had evaded security and receptionist Gerald Tippett, wounded Ethan, and Nurse Morgan was knocked unconscious. The shooter later revealed to Chris that he was the target to put him off making further inquiries about Scott Spear.
*Callum McKay wrongly accused TK Samuels of causing Brooke Freeman to resign her Shortland Street position, unaware that revelations by a would-be patient and media revealed Brooke's true identity as Brooke Marsden. Chris Warner persuaded her to stay with him until things settled down, unaware that she was the cause of problems between him and Harry. Brooke suggested Harry see a psychologist who suggested he be sent to a camp for disturbed children, which Brooke thought was a great idea, but Chris refused, leading to Brooke moving out.
* Sarah Potts finally accepted that she has multiple sclerosis and resigned as Head of E.D., much to the astonishment of her husband TK. Her pregnancy also played a factor in her decision to resign. Soon after she was appointed acting Chief Executive Officer when Callum McKay was stood down pending an investigation over his shares in Nessus Bio, a company that Ethan Pierce has encouraged him to invest in.
*Kieran Mitchell unwittingly discovered that the new head of surgery, Ethan Pierce was involved with funeral home operator Sterling Haldane in a body harvesting operation. Tissue from one of the bodies was used in several patients that included Timothy Carson, a 10-year old with muscular dystrophy, who had come in for a spine operation a few months earlier, and hospital receptionist Yvonne Jeffries. It was subsequently discovered that Timothy had contracted HIV through an infected DBM, which shocked Ethan. He then confronted Haldane, and was furious to discover death certificates had been falsified. He also discovered that the DBM that infected Timothy came from a transient sex worker – not a heart attack victim as stated on Haldane's paperwork. Yvonne Jeffries was found to have cancer resulting from a graft of bone material supplied by Ethan's company Nessus Bio, something that CEO, Callum McKay was unaware of as Ethan had persuaded him to buy shares. An elderly woman abandoned at the hospital by her family was befriended by Ethan, who then had Kieran drive her to the funeral home on the pretence that she was to view to husband's body. She was killed by Ethan for her body parts. Ethan was in midst of surgery when he abruptly walk and meet up with Callum and rather than face the consequences Ethan knocked Callum to the ground and fled, pursued by Brooke who had earlier revealed to Alice what Ethan was really like. Many of those who had encounters with Ethan Pierce wanted him dead. Ethan was scared that Haldane would tell the police so he killed him. Kieran had hired Don to go after Ethan with a high-powered rifle but the gun that ended Pierce's life was a pistol which sent three bullets into his body. In 2009, the unknown assassin was then revealed to be Maia Jeffries who was under a mental breakdown before she killed him for all the hurt and grief he caused for those she loved.
===2009===
Highlights
*Ethan Pierce dies on the beach in Brooke Freeman's arms. 
*Tania Jeffries and Kingi Te Wake survive thanks to a Whitetails gang member 2pac whom turned good thanks to Kingi.
*Sarah Potts becomes Acting C.E.O after Callum McKay is dismissed due to the Nessus Bio scandal.
*Nurse Maia Jeffries is forced to confess she shot Ethan Pierce when Alice Piper remembers she was there the day of the murder. Alice promises to stick by Maia and keep it a secret.
*Sarah Potts and TK Samuels elect to terminate her pregnancy when they learn the baby has a disease.
*Ethan Pierce makes a surprise return as a hallucination of Maia Jeffries after she is sent to a mental institution.
*Justine Jones returned for the trial of Scott Spear but she is still hunted by Don Lennox the whitetail gang. Justine also ended her marriage to husband Callum McKay on learning he is in love with Brooke Freeman.
*On October 19, Shortland Street Hospital lost beloved nurse Shanti Kumari when she was accidentally infected with dengue fever by Oliver Ritchie.
*Rachel Mckenna returned to Shortland Street Hospital to supervise CEO Callum McKay and to try and win back the affections of Chris Warner.
*The 2009 season ended with Kieran accidentally killing Morgan Braithwaite by hit and run, a lot of the storylines of the year focused on her.
===2010===
Highlights
*Gerald, Hunter and Nicole discover the lifeless body of Morgan the night after the Christmas Party.
*Kieran and Sophie's big wedding gets interrupted by Kieran's ex girlfriend Libby Jeffries who has evidence that Kieran killed Morgan.
* Hunter gives a drug addict some clean needles and her friend stabs him with a used needle possibly infecting him with HIV. In an episode aired May 31 2010 it is revealed he was not infected with HIV after blood tests taken after the stabbing revealed this.
* Kieran starts to get blackmailed by an unknown source, it is eventually revealed as his new waitress Jane. Jane claims she met up with Kierans brother Sid in Thailand and that he hold told her the whole story. Kieran called her bluff and has managed to convince her to keep quiet after sleeping with her and promising that he will infact pay her money.
* After a fight at the supermarket, Hunter is stabbed with a screw driver and Ben is knocked to the ground hitting his head hard on the pavement. Ben develops a brain hemorrhage and eventually is declared brain dead after surgery.
==Births==
Name atelaite luvuci 	Year	Mother 	Father 	Notes
Frank, Flynn & Sarah Burton	1993	Carrie Burton 	Chris Warner 	biological father of triplets Chris Warner
Tuesday Warner 	1995	Carmen Roberts 	Guy Warner 	
Rose Crozier-Kearney 	1997	Ellen Crozier 	David Kearney 	Died in 1998 due to SIDS (Sudden infant death syndrome)
Lucas Harrison 	2000	Angela Weaver 	Nick Harrison 	
Harry Thompson-Warner 	2002	Toni Thompson 	Chris Warner 	
Te Ngakau Hudson 	2003	Shannon Te Ngaru 	Tama Hudson 	Died fews after birth due to Streptococcus B
Tina-Anne Harrison 	2004	Waverley Harrison	Nick Harrison 	
Rangimarie Hudson 	2005	Shannon Te Ngaru 	Tama Hudson 	
Jay Jeffries 	2007	Maia Jeffries 	Mark Weston 	biological father Mark Weston
Kelly Piper 	2008	Alice Piper 	Craig Valentine or Guy Warner	Died on 8 October due to renal failure
Catherine Tippett 	2009	Morgan Braithwaite- Surrogate Mother 
Cindy Watson- Biological Mother	Gerald Tippett- Surrogate Father 
Trent Watson- Biological Father	Surrogate Child
Elizabeth Tippett 	2009	Morgan Braithwaite- Surrogate Mother 
Cindy Watson- Biological Mother	Gerald Tippett- Surrogate Father 
Trent Watson- Biological Father	Surrogate Child
William Tippett 	2009	Morgan Braithwaite- Surrogate Mother 
Cindy Watson- Biological Mother	Gerald Tippett- Surrogate Father 
Trent Watson- Biological Father	Surrogate Child
==Deaths==
Character 	Date	Cause of Death 	
Miles Lucas 	1992	Suicide 	Died after intentionally overdosing on headache pills after Stuart Neilson's birthday party.
Nurse Sarah Donnelly 	1992	Melanoma 	Died in the arms of boyfriend, Steve Mills at her birthday party.
Tom Neilson 	1993	Heart attack 	Tom had mysteriously disappeared that year but returned wanting a kidney transplant, unfortunately after the transplant Tom died of a heart attack
Jean-Luc Mafart 	1993	Fell to death 	Alison had married him overseas and returned after he had turned out to be abusive. They had a fight on a rooftop and he eventually fell to his death. Darryl Neilson helped Alison cover up the crime.
Nurse Steve Mills 	1994	Car accident 	Died in the explosion of a vehicle he crashed after a heated argument with Chris Warner while driving. He initially survived the crash but was killed when he went back to the over turned vehicle to rescue Talita Pahele (TP) Aleni and it exploded.
Talita Pahele (TP) Aleni 	1994	Car accident 	Died in the explosion of a vehicle crashed by Steve Mills.
Darryl Neilson 	1995	Drowning 	Drowned after falling from the boat 'The Toroa' after attempting to murder Kirsty Knight.
Richard Thornton 	1995	Broken neck 	The broken neck was caused by a fall.
Sir Bruce Warner 	1995	Cancer 	
Nurse Carmen Roberts 	 	Brain hemorrhage 	Suffered from a brain hemorrhage from a knock to the head after madman drove his truck through the entrance to the clinic. She was sent home and died at the house boat 'The Toroa' that evening.
Bernie Leach 	1996	BludgeonedMurdered 	Bludgeoned to death with a candlestick by Carla Crozier-Leach in Episode 1000.
Rebecca Frost 	1997	Faulty heart valve 	
Annabelle Lustwick 	1997	Euthanasia 	Assisted by Caroline Buxton.
Baby Rose Crozier-Kearney	1998	SIDS 	
Tiffany Marinovich 	1998	Fall 	Fell from a high-rise building after trying to talk down a suicide jumper. She was successful but slipped as she tried to get away from the ledge. She was pregnant at the time and later died in hospital. Her baby miraculously survived and was born via C section before Tiffanys life support was switched off.
Dr. Michael McKenna 	1999	Heart attack 	
Lionel Skeggins 	1999	Drowning 	Went missing, presumed drowned.
Oscar Henry 	1999	ExplosionMurdered 	Murdered by Dr. MacKenzie Choat.
Earl Crombie 	1999	Car accident 	
Dr. Laura Hall 	2001	Heart attack 	
Eamon Dempsey 	2001	Fall 	Fell off a cliff
Angela Weaver 	2001	Cancer 	
Rangi Heremaia 	2001	Drug OverdoseMurdered 	Murdered by Kim Tairoa
Jack Hewitt 	2001	Hit by a CarSuicide 	
James Kingi 	2002	Gangland StabbingMurdered 	Murdered by Kurt Matakuare.
Connie McAllister 	2002	Euthanasia 	Assisted by Dr. Geoff Greenlaw.
Lady Margot Warner 	2003	Cancer 	
Baby Te Ngakau Hudson 	2003	Streptococcus B 	
Max Henley 	2003	Brain haemorrhage 	
Dr. Geoff Greenlaw 	2003	HypothermiaMurdered 	Froze to death in a chiller, murdered by Dominic Thompson.
Nurse Anne Greenlaw Kahu 	2003	Crush InjuriesManslaughter 	Was crushed in a building collapse. A result of her father Rex Treherne's dodgy building practices.
Nurse Layla Cornwall 	2004	HangingSuicide 	
Rex Treherne 	2004	Heart attack 	
Avril Lucich 	 	DrowningMurdered 	Drowned in a bathtub, murdered by Dominic Thompson.
Dominic Thompson 	 	ExplosionSuicide 	Failed attempted murder-suicide with arch-enemy, Chris Warner.
Baby James Warner 	2005	Miscarriage 	Miscarried by Toni Warner at 6 months.
Norman Hanson 	 	Car accident 	Died of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Ian Jeffries 	 	FallSuicide 	Jumped off a cliff. Was suffering from Kennedy's disease.
Dr. Li Mei Chen 	 	Illness 	Died in the hospital outbreak of Stryker Virus.
Huia Samuels 	 	Car BombingMurdered 	The bomb was meant for Anthony Richards, a former employee of the dodgy pharmaceutical company. In 2008, thugs who are members of the whitetails and were hired by Scott Spear were revealed to be behind the blast.
Claire Solomon 	 	StrangledMurdered 	Naked body found in a rubbish skip outside the hospital, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler who killed her for using him to make Kieran jealous.
Nurse Meg Harris 	 	StrangledMurdered 	Naked body found in a rubbish skip outside The I.V., murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler.
Jay Copeland 	 	StrangledMurdered 	Naked body found in the bush close to the hospital, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler as he was uncomfortable with her sexuality.
Nurse Beth Wilson 	 	StrangledMurdered 	Body found (off-screen) a week after being abducted from her home, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler.
Nurse Brenda Holloway 	 	Cardiac arrest resulting from a lethal injectionMurdered 	Injected with suxamethonium by a person disguised in a Halloween mask, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler.
Nurse Joey Henderson 	 	FallSuicide 	Jumped off the roof of an inner-city storage unit building to avoid capture when being cornered by Detective Lara Wade and police.
Nurse Toni Warner 	 	Cardiac arrest caused by renal failure due to a faulty drugManslaughter	Died of cadiac arrest caused by renal failure due a faulty drug distributed by Scott Spear.
Dr. Craig Valentine 	 	Beaten to deathMurdered 	Beaten unconscious by Don Lennox and whitetail thugs hired by Scott Spear before he was then torched.
Baby Kelly Piper 	 	Complications from premature birth 	Causes of the death included pneumonia and renal failure
Betty Crawford 	 	Lethal injection of potassiumMurdered 	Pensioner "granny-dumped" at the hospital by family, murdered by Dr. Ethan Pierce for body parts to supply his body harvesting operation
Sterling Haldane 	 	Lethal injectionMurdered 	Murdered by Dr. Ethan Pierce to cover his tracks regarding their harvesting operation
Dr. Ethan Pierce 	 	Shot three times. 	Died in Dr. Brooke Freeman's arms. Nurse Maia Jeffries was later revealed to be the killer but was under a mental breakdown, which was caused by all the hurt and grief he'd caused those she loved.
Ryan Smith-Reynolds 	 	Died of injuries as result of car crash. (Off screen) 	He had been persuaded by Daniel Potts to deliver stolen Mp3 players.
Nurse Shanti Kumari-Scott	 	Ectopic Pregnancy. 	Shanti died of an Ectopic Pregnancy when Oliver Ritchie accidentally infected her with Dengue Fever, which masked the symptoms of her death.
Don Lennox 	 	Died of injuries as result of gunshot to chest. (Off screen) 	Bought into hospital under false identity and operated on by Chris Warner who identified him as the killer of Craig Valentine.
Nurse Morgan Braithwaite 	 	Hit and Run(Accident) 	Kieran Mitchell accidentally ran her over and framed a drunken Rachel Mckenna by putting her in the driver's seat.
Heather Sloane 	 	Cancer 	Ben Goodall's ex lover, died on the operating table
Ben Goodall 	 	Brain Hemorrhage 	Developed brain hemorrhage after being hit in the head and was pronounced brain dead on May 31st, was kept alive by machines until 8th June.
===Fake deaths===
Character 	Date 	Cause of "Death" 	Notes
Dr. Ian Seymour 	January 1998 	Presumed suicide by drowning.	Nearly five months after going on the run for the attempted murder Kirsty Knight (amidst other crimes), his car was found abandoned by the sea, and police assumed he'd committed suicide. The following month it was revealed that Ian was still alive.
Alex McKenna 	November 1998	Sudden illness while in Tibet	Alex's estranged husband Michael and daughter Rachel received news from a Tibetan monastery of Alex's death. In 2002 Rachel discovered that Alex was alive and well, reports of her death having been exaggerated as part of a callous plot on Alex's part to spend some time apart from the rest of her family.
Dr. Justine Jones	 	Car Bombing 	Justine faked her death to escape Don Lennox and the whitetails hired by Scott Spear to kill her. She fled to Australia and returned to testify at the trial of Scott Spear.
==Marriages==
This list contains all the marriages and civil unions that have occurred on Shortland Street. Note that it contains marriages that were aborted at the last minute.
===Marriages===
*Note – (1) indicates a non legal marriage.
Date 	Bride 	Groom 	Notes
1992 	May McKenna 	George Bentley 	Michael believed George was marrying his mother for her money, however this was not the case
1993 	Carrie Burton 	Declan Kennedy 	Off-screen wedding that took place in Las Vegas.
1993 	Leonard Dodds 	Gina Rossi 	
1994 	Talita Palele 	Sam Aleni 	
1994 	Marjorie Neilson 	Laurie Brasch 	
1995 	Kirsty Knight 	Lionel Skeggins 	Second attempt at a wedding.
1995 	Rachel McKenna 	Nick Harrison 	A marriage of convenience in order to benefit from student income while at university
1995 	Carla Crozier 	Bernie Leach 	Offscreen wedding
1996 	Tiffany Pratt 	Chris Warner 	
1997 	Alison Rayner 	Chris Warner 	Off screen wedding in the States
1997 	Ellen Crozier 	David Kearney 	
1998 	Tiffany Pratt 	Johnny Marinovich 	
1999 	Mackenzie Choate 	Lionel Skeggins 	Groom was presumed lost at sea hours after the wedding.
1999 	Josie Bergman 	Luke Bellingham 	
2000 	Moira Crombie 	Dean Cochrane 	
2000 	Donna Heka 	Rangi Heremaia 	This wedding occurred on Shortland Street's 2000th episode.
2001 (1)	Angela Weaver 	Nick Harrison 	Decided not to legally marry, took advantage of the empty church after Fergus and Waverley's aborted wedding to make personal and private vows to love each other always in an unofficial ceremony
2002 	Anne Greenlaw 	Victor Kahu 	
2002 	Waverley Wilson 	Nick Harrison 	
2003 	Toni Thompson 	Matt McAllister 	Eloped by train for an off-screen wedding
2003 	Judy Brownlee 	Max Henley 	Max was a cancer patient and moments after the wedding he passed away
2003 	Dominic Thompson 	Emily Bredican 	Delphi Greenlaw attempted to stop the wedding but was locked in a cupboard by Dominic and Toni's mother Ngaire
2004 	Shannon Te Ngaru 	Tama Hudson 	Married on the beach and substituted shells for their lost wedding rings.
2005 	Toni Thompson 	Chris Warner 	
2006 	Sarah Potts 	Andrew Solomon 	Just after the "I do's," Robyn Stokes gatecrashed, announcing Andrew was the father of her unborn twin girls.
2007 	Tania Jeffries 	Mark Weston 	Off-screen wedding
2007 	Sarah Potts 	TK Samuels 	Sarah had butterflies in her stomach before the wedding so she went back to work, Craig was there and he drove her back to the wedding himself.
2008 	Shanti Kumari 	James "Scotty" Scott	Second attempt – Married in a four-day ceremony observed by family and friends
2009 	Morgan Braithwaite	Gerald Tippett 	Morgan insisted that they get married during the wedding rehearsal, the overhearing Libby gives in. Hunter disappears and Chris Warner ends up being the Best Man
2010 	Sophie McKay 	Kieran Mitchell 	Tricked Sophies brother, Hunter and father, Callum into attending. They were married at the McKay house. However, it didn't last long
===Aborted Marriages===
Date	Bride 	Groom 	Notes
1993	Alison Rayner 	Chris Warner 	The wedding was cancelled after Darryl Neilson locked Chris in a barn for the duration of the wedding.
1994	Kirsty Knight 	Lionel Skeggins 	The wedding was aborted after Stuart Neilson objected to the marriage.
2001	Waverley Wilson	Fergus Kearney 	The wedding was aborted when Fergus fled as the the police arrived at the church to arrest him for his involvement in an immigration scam.
2008	Shanti Kumari 	James "Scotty" Scott	The wedding was aborted after Dinesh Jivani and Sunil Kumari arrived to stop the wedding.
2010	Sophie McKay 	Kieran Mitchell 	The wedding was stopped when Libby Jeffries and the police arrived before everyone including Rachel finally realises that it was actually Kieran who killed Morgan Braithwaite in the hit and run accident on the night of the 2009 christmas party.
===Civil Unions===
Date	Partner 	Partner 	Notes
2006	Maia Jeffries	Jay Copeland	Took place on Valentine's Day and was the first civil union on a New Zealand primetime television programme.