Paul Gittins is a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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

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 ...

'' from 1992 to 1995 and 1998 to 1999, and he has also appeared in ''

The End of the Golden Weather ''The End of the Golden Weather'' is a play by Bruce Mason about a boy's loss of innocence in Depression-era New Zealand. It was written for solo performance by the author but can be performed by an ensemble and was made into an award-winning ...

'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' is an American television series filmed in New Zealand, based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). Starring Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and Michael Hurst as ...

'', '' City Life'', ''

The Whole of the Moon "The Whole of the Moon" is a song by Scottish band the Waterboys, released as a single from their album '' This Is the Sea'' in October 1985. It is a classic of the band's repertoire and has been consistently played at live shows ever since its r ...

'' 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 The Unexplained Channel was an entertainment TV channel broadcast in the UK on the Sky Digital platform. The channel claimed to be the first TV channel in the world dedicated to the paranormal, and aimed to be ground breaking in its investigat ...

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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