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Nick Harrison (Shortland Street)
Nicholas John Harrison is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who was portrayed by Karl Burnett from the show's second episode in 1992 to 2005, making him the original character to stay with the show the longest in one stint. The character along with wife Waverley returned for the show's 25th anniversary that aired on 25 May 2017. Creation and casting Whilst creating the soap what was to become, ''Shortland Street'', Caterina De Nave decided to write teenagers into the show so as to draw in a younger demographic. It was decided to have two teenagers, one being Stuart Neilson – an articulate homosexual and the other Nick Harrison – a drug taking rebel. The two characters were set to be heart throbs and auditions were undertaken for the roles. Sixteen-year-old Karl Burnett whose only other experience was the 1991 film ''When Love Comes'' and high school drama classes won the role. Milan Borich got into the final stages of auditioning but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortland Street
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 7,500 episodes and 30 years, and is one of the most watched television programmes in New Zealand. The show was originally screened as five half-hour episodes each week and initially receiving mixed reviews on its premiere. After its launch, it dropped in ratings and would have been cancelled if TVNZ had not ordered a year's worth of episodes in advance. TVNZ renewed the production in early 1993 when the show's rating had picked up, and it now has "long-term public enthusiasm". Today, it is one of New Zealand's highest-rated shows, frequently making AGB Nielsen Media Research's top 5 programmes of the week, achieving an average linear daily reach of 345,000 viewers (in the year up to June 2021) and is TVNZ's "most streamed show". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pluto (New Zealand Band)
Pluto is a New Zealand rock band from Auckland. Their album '' Pipeline Under The Ocean'', released in 2005 went double platinum on the RIANZ albums chart. Pluto's nascent trajectory has covered the spectrum of the New Zealand musical stratosphere, bursting brightly onto the scene in 2001, but they broke up in 2009 when they were recording their fourth album. In 2015, sparked by the discovery of a back-up session of the unfinished album, the group decided to reform. The album was set to be released in September 2019 under their own company, 5 Moon Entertainment. The first single produced by Nick Abbott âOh My Lonely€™ was released in July 2019 with their album release ‘IV’ following in September 2019. Band members *Milan Borich (lead vocals, guitar) *Tim Arnold (guitar, vocals) *Michael Franklin-Browne (drums) *Mike Hall (bass guitar, vocals) *Matthias Jordan (keyboards, vocals) Band overview Pluto mastered the art of the multi-layered rock sound – sometimes indie, moo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willa O'Neill
Willa O'Neill is an actress from New Zealand. Biography O'Neill is a two-time Film Award winner at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards. Her first award, for Best Supporting Actress, came for her role in the 1997 film ''Topless Women Talk About Their Lives''. Her second win was for Best Actress in the 1999 film ''Scarfies''. She appeared in ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' as Althea and in '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' as Lila. After her final film appearance in ''The Price of Milk'', O'Neill settled down into marriage and family life. Filmography Film Television Awards Wins ;2000 :AFI Award, for ''Scarfies'' ;1997 : NZ Film and TV Award, for ''Topless Women Talk About Their Lives'' Nominations ;1992 : NZ Film and TV Award, for ''Secrets Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Hughes
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 1992, by order of first appearance. Marj Neilson Marj Neilson was the clinic's first receptionist and was portrayed by Elizabeth McRae. A religious busy body and gossip, Marj became a staple and iconic of the show, being the shows original matriarch and leader of the Neilson family unit. She stayed on the show until 1996 and still remains one of the most iconic characters, returning for several guest stints. Tom Neilson Tom Leslie Neilson was the husband of Marj and the show's original paramedic. Tom stayed on the show for a year and his story lines covered illness and the hugely famous missing person scenario where Tom left his family and went into hiding, then later died of a heartattack Sam Aleni Sam Aleni was the Samoan paramedic who appeared on the show for 4 years. The casting of Sam proved groundbreaking, placing a Polynesian in the occupation of param ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Lucas
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 1992, by order of first appearance. Marj Neilson Marj Neilson was the clinic's first receptionist and was portrayed by Elizabeth McRae. A religious busy body and gossip, Marj became a staple and iconic of the show, being the shows original matriarch and leader of the Neilson family unit. She stayed on the show until 1996 and still remains one of the most iconic characters, returning for several guest stints. Tom Neilson Tom Leslie Neilson was the husband of Marj and the show's original paramedic. Tom stayed on the show for a year and his story lines covered illness and the hugely famous missing person scenario where Tom left his family and went into hiding, then later died of a heartattack Sam Aleni Sam Aleni was the Samoan paramedic who appeared on the show for 4 years. The casting of Sam proved groundbreaking, placing a Polynesian in the occupation of param ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson (born 8 October 1974) is a New Zealand actor. He is known for his roles on the American medical drama series '' Off the Map'' as Dr. Ben Keeton (2011), the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'' as Dr. Nathan Riggs (2015–2017), the Netflix romantic drama ''Virgin River'' as Jack Sheridan (2019–present), and for his performance as Noah Clay in the 2002 horror film ''The Ring'', while remaining known in his home country for his teenage role as Stuart Neilson in the soap opera ''Shortland Street'' (1992–1995). Early life Henderson was born in Auckland, and began acting at the age of thirteen, appearing in ''Strangers'', a local television production. He attended Birkenhead Primary Northcote Intermediate and Westlake Boys High schools. He turned down going to study at university when he was 17, in favour of acting. Career Henderson starred as Stuart Neilson in the prime-time soap opera ''Shortland Street'' from 1992 to 1995. He subsequently appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications. It provides a web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports and its advertising platform, Yahoo! Native. Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, usage declined in the late 2000s as some services discontinued and it lost market share to Facebook and Google. History Founding In January 1994, Yang and Filo were electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University, when they created a website named "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web". The site was a human-edited web directory, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand ( mi, Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news and current-affairs network, RNZ National, and a classical-music and jazz network, RNZ Concert, with full government funding from NZ on Air. Since 2014, the organisation's focus has been to transform RNZ from a radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, increasing its production of digital content in audio, video, and written forms. The organisation plays a central role in New Zealand public broadcasting. The New Zealand Parliament fully funds its AM network, used in part for the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. RNZ has a statutory role under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 to act as a "lifeline utility" in emergency situations. It is also responsible for an international service (known as RNZ Pacific); this is broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Mora (broadcaster)
John James Chanel Mora is a New Zealand media personality. Mora was born in Christchurch. He attended Otago Boys' High School from 1967 to 1971. His broadcasting career began on radio in Dunedin, where he had studied at the University of Otago. During his time at university, Mora had been editor of the university's newspaper, '' Critic''. From the mid-1990s Mora was a reporter on the television current affairs series ''Holmes'', and has since presented several light entertainment shows, notably lifestyle TV shows such as ''Mucking In''. He is currently hosts the Sunday morning programme on Radio New Zealand. In early 2019 he exchanged shows with Wallace Chapman who hosts a weekday afternoon show "the Panel", until 2015 he was also host of the RNZ show ''Afternoons''. He lives in Auckland with his partner Mary Lambie. See also * List of New Zealand television personalities This is a list of New Zealand television personalities, including presenters and journalists. It inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortland Street 20th Anniversary
Shortland Street's 20th anniversary is a series of episodes that aired to commemorate the 20th year of the New Zealand soap opera '' Shortland Street'' from 21 to 25 May 2012. The episodes were built around a 90-minute episode that aired on the 21st and climaxed in a helicopter crash. Billed as Shortland Street's biggest ever episode, the anniversary was highly praised by reviewers and received record ratings. Other storylines included Gerald Tippett's heart surgery and Callum McKay's departure. Several characters returned to commemorate the occasion, with the Jeffries family; Yvonne (Alison Quigan), Maia (Anna Jullienne), Libby ( Fleur Saville), Tania ( Faye Smythe), Gerald (Harry McNaughton) and Jay (Liam Farmer), returning alongside the show's original receptionist – Marj Brasch ( Elizabeth McRae). Sophie McKay (Kimberley Crossman) also returned in a single scene, alongside several other minor character returnees. Casting At least 10 past characters were confirmed to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuff
Stuff, stuffed, and stuffing may refer to: *Physical matter *General, unspecific things, or entities Arts, media, and entertainment Books *''Stuff'' (1997), a novel by Joseph Connolly (author), Joseph Connolly *''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jeremy Strong (author), Jeremy Strong Fictional character *A flying creature in the video game ''Kya: Dark Lineage'' Film *''The Stuff'', a 1985 horror/comedy film by Larry Cohen *Stuff (film), ''Stuff'' (film), a 1993 documentary about John Frusciante's life Illustration *Henry Wright (artist), Henry Wright (1849–1937), worked for ''Vanity Fair'' under the pseudonym "Stuff" Music *Stuff (Holly McNarland album), ''Stuff'' (Holly McNarland album), 1997 *Stuff (band), a 1970s-1980s fusion/rhythm and blues music group **Stuff (Stuff album), ''Stuff'' (Stuff album) *''Stuff'', a 1992 album by Bill Wyman *Stuff (song), "Stuff" (song), a 2000 single by Diamond Rio from the album ''One More Day'' *Stuff (Eleanor McEvoy album), ''Stuff'' (Eleanor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Chitham
Claire Chitham (born 12 July 1978, in Auckland) is a New Zealand television actress. Claire rose to fame as Waverley Harrison (née Wilson) in the New Zealand TV show ''Shortland Street'', from 1994–1995 and 1997–2005 and Aurora Bay in '' Outrageous Fortune'' from 2006–2007. Career Her first television role was a guest appearance in The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1990). A recurring guest role in ''Shortland Street'' followed, which went on to become core cast, with Chitham starring in the show for seven years as Waverly Wilson (later Harrison). Chitham next appeared as Aurora Bay, in the second and third seasons of Outrageous Fortune - New Zealand's highest rating drama. Aurora was the longtime love interest of Van West (Antony Starr) - her character died tragically, after being hit by a bus while trying to hide her ex-boyfriend Tyson's (Ben Barrington) stash of drugs. On 22 August 2007, she began appearing as Chantelle Rebecchi in the Australian soap opera '' Neig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
