List of Shortland Street characters (2010)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street in 2010, by order of first appearance.
Loren Fitzpatrick
Loren Fitzpatrick was the vegetarian love interest for Daniel Potts. After meeting at the cafe where Loren worked, the two started to date and Loren pressured Daniel to take up activism much to the annoyance of Daniel's mother Sarah. Loren turned out to be from a troubled home where she spent much of her time caring for her autistic brother. Daniel pressured Loren into sex and she seemed reluctant and blamed much of her social angst on her father Reuben Fitzpatrick. The two did eventually become sexually active and Loren fell pregnant after a condom mishap. Though at first wanting to keep the baby, Loren was talked around by Sarah and ended up having an abortion before she fled the country.Heather Sloane
Heather Sloane was the ex-girlfriend of Ben Goodall. Heather was a patient and significantly older than Ben, thus bring great shock to Ben's ex lover – Tania Jeffries when Heather confessed she and Ben had dated for 5 years and she had, in fact, paid his paramedic fees. Tania suspected Ben of being a gold digger and may have been after her mother, Yvonne's money. Heather had cancer and though reassured of her safety by Ben, died on the operating table in February.Brodie Kemp
Brodie Kemp was the immature med school friend of Hunter McKay. Brodie arrived in March and proved poor for Hunter's relationship with Tracey when he burnt his arm seriously and asked her to steal equipment to heal it. He returned several months later, dropped out of med school and started to flat with Hunter and new girl - Penny Rourke. Brodie was attracted to Penny and became bitter when she started to date Hunter. He fell in love with Sophie but settled for Bella Cooper, who he soon fell in love with as well. He bought The IV with Bella's father, Murray. However, with little money he was forced to take out a loan from some loan sharks. In 2011 Brodie's financial secrets ruined his relationship with Bella when she suspected he was cheating. However they soon reconciled and Murray bought Brodie out of the bar. Brodie soon started doing jobs for the terminally ill - Regan Ames. When Brodie began to question Regan's illness, Regan set him up with class A drugs and Brodie was forced to flee New Zealand to escape some drug lords.Isaac Worthington
Dr. Isaac John William Worthington was the playboy cousin of Chris Warner. Quickly after getting a job at the clinic, Isaac's intentions were clear when he attempted to romance both Libby Jeffries and Tracey Morrison. He briefly dated Tania and Harry's primary school teacher before he started an intense feud with Luke Durville. He reconciled with Tania but cheated on her with Zoe. He started to date Brooke Freeman but his overspending resulted in a lock on his trustfund and Isaac was forced to participate in an illegal operation to fund his yacht. The gang members involved ended up kidnapping Luke and when he was discovered alive in 2011, Isaac was forced to frame him for drug addiction so that he would not discover the truth. Bella Cooper started to piece together the puzzle and Isaac got engaged to her to put her off the scent. They broke up however and Isaac finally got hold of his money but Luke returned knowing the truth and after attempting to murder his uncle, Isaac ended up fleeing the country without Brooke as he hoped. He was last seen in March stranded in the Philippines after his trust fund was again locked.Astrid Chapel
Astrid Chapel was the drug addict who stabbed Hunter McKay in the arm with a needle during a botched burglary of an ambulance. Astrid and her junkie friend attempted to rob an ambulance whilst paramedic - Hunter was in it. Astrid ended up stabbing Hunter when he refused to hand over morphine. This left Hunter with an HIV scare and whilst Hunter waited for the results, his sister Sophie, organised an interview with Astrid. Astrid expressed guilt over the incident but was verbally abused by both Hunter and Callum McKay who arrived to save Sophie. Astrid was later in the same rehab group as Hunter when he fell victim to drug addiction and showed hatred at Hunter's "rich boy" ways as she was born a drug addict. She set him up with false drugs and got him expelled from the clinic.Frankie Hull
Frankie Hull was the flamboyant party girl that worked at the bureau. Frankie first appeared when she showed attraction towards Isaac Worthington, annoying Tracey. She later went out drinking with Scotty and returned home with him only to be kicked out by Tracey. She returned the next month and began a casual friendship with Hunter McKay. The two agreed to go on a date but when Hunter saw her being judgmental towards a man who had attempted suicide, he broke it off, frustrated that she would likely judge his possible HIV status. Frankie hoped for a reconciliation but was declined.Reuben Fitzpatrick
Dr. Reuben Fitzpatrick was the eccentric father of Loren and director of the acting group, the Ferndale Players. Amateur actors, Yvonne Jeffries, Ben Goodall, Gerald Tippett and Daniel Potts, all joined the club and were taken aback by Reuben's dominating personality. It was soon revealed he was suffering from a brain tumour and he apologized for his behaviour. He returned months later as a doctor at Sarah's GP clinic. He was pleased his daughter was pregnant and encouraged Daniel to fight for his child. However, when Reuben learned Sarah had encouraged Loren to get an abortion, he cut ties with her and attempted to sabotage her business before he quit to avoid legal action.Jewel Fitzpatrick
Jewel Fitzpatrick was the much younger wife of Reuben Fitzpatrick. She was introduced as a possible love interest for Ben Goodall and was portrayed by Edwards-Brown's real life wife, Vicki. Vicki was part of her husband Reuben's drama group and was one of the lead roles alongside Ben. Jewel and Reuben's relationship was on the rocks and Jewel began to flirt with Ben to make Reuben jealous, infuriating Ben's partner Yvonne. Following Reuben's diagnosis of a brain tumour, the two reconciled and Jewel performed in the play to a successful review.Doug Morrison
Doug Morrison was the corrupt policeman brother of Tracey Morrison. Doug reentered Tracey's life when he landed a case in Auckland and immediately clashed with Tracey's flat mate. Scotty. Doug soon started to date Tania Jeffries, but it was clear he was hiding something and Doug finally admitted to Tracey he had fallen in with gangs and was illegally sabotaging their crime scenes. An upset Tracey agreed not to let the secret out but once Doug had left town, the guilt got to her and she got her brother arrested.Leslie Grant
Leslie Grant was an actor who participated in the play Yvonne Jeffries was directing. He was portrayed by broadcaster Paul Holmes, in a cameo appearance for Easter 2010. Leslie proved both arrogant and irritating, however turned out to be an amazing actor. Leslie's arrogance got the better of him however, when he knocked himself out mid show, accidentally locking himself in his dressing room.Zoe Archer
Zoe Archer was the dietitian love interest for Chris Warner, who debuted in April 2010 as part of deaf awareness week. Zoe's son – Dallas was deaf and Zoe came to a deaf awareness function to plee for Chris to operate on him. Chris did so and briefly became romantically involved with Zoe, however the surgery went wrong and Dallas got a severe reaction. Zoe broke it off with Chris and departed. She returned later in the year in a more central role. Zoe returned and reconciled with Chris, although she made it clear she was not interested in sex. Chris was devastated when he discovered Zoe had slept with his cousin Isaac in a sick attempt to seek revenge for the failed surgery on Dallas. Zoe was last seen belittling Isaac and making it obvious she had used him.Hugh Sundae of The New Zealand Herald, criticized Varela's acting, calling it "awkward".
Leanne Miller
Leanne Miller first appeared in April 2010 and was portrayed by Jennifer Ludlam. She reprised the role in 2011 and again in 2014. She departed in September 2016. She later returned after her husband Howard Black died. She has recently reconciled with Damo Johnston after a near death experience caused by Erin Landry.Eric Miller
Eric Miller was the schizophrenic brother of Nicole. Nicole was initially hesitant to leave Tauranga with girlfriend – Maia Jeffries as she felt the need to nurse Eric, however Eric revealed he was back on his medication and under good eyes, allowing Nicole to finally let go. In 2012 Eric had a severe episode and Nicole was forced to return to Tauranga to nurse him. Nicole and Vinnie visited Eric in 2014 when Leanne complained of his laziness. A week later, Eric and Leanne moved to Auckland and Nicole successfully moved Eric into care away from his overbearing mother. Several years later Leanne visited Eric and met his two children. In 2017 Eric was arrested for drug smuggling in Thailand and Leanne visited him to help financially.Henry Mapasua
Henry Mapasua was the childhood friend of Maxwell Avia. Henry reentered Maxwell's life in 2010 and got on well with his girlfriend Sarah. The two went into partnership with Henry's dentistry opening in Sarah's GP clinic. Henry encouraged Kieran Mitchell and Isaac Worthington to invest in his favourite horse but it soon became clear Henry was a conman and was using their money to his benefit. Kieran and Jane successfully conned Henry out of thousands of dollars and Maxwell ended up calling the police on him. An upset Henry blamed the con on stress from the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami and was arrested when he attempted to flee the country.Jane Perry
Jane Perry was the barmaid who anonymously blackmailed Kieran Mitchell about the hit and run death of Morgan Braithwaite. Kieran hired Jane to be a barmaid at the bar and began to get mysterious blackmail letters. It was soon clear to the audience that Jane was the culprit and Kieran tricked her into confessing which resulted in him taking her hostage. Jane admitted to formerly being a prostitute and having slept with Kieran's brother - Sean, who had confessed the crime. The two's rivalry resulted in an affair and they ended up conning Henry out of several thousand dollars. Kieran paid Jane to leave but she returned several weeks later and attempted to blackmail him into leaving with her. She assaulted Kieran which ended in serious brain injury. Jane eventually ended up fleeing after the tables turned and Kieran blackmailed her on assault charges.Ashton Fuller
Ashton Fuller was the stalker university lecturer of Sophie McKay. Sophie believed Ashton had been sleeping with his students and in turn giving them good results and set out to prove the rumours right, however Ashton discovered the plot and played Sophie along so as to embarrass her in front of the whole class. Following her separation from Kieran Mitchell a month later, Sophie ended up dating Ashton to make Kieran jealous. However Ashton proved to be dominating and possessive and Sophie broke up with him only to be stalked mercilessly for several weeks. Kieran discovered it was Ashton and nearly murdered him by drowning him in a bath tub before warning him off Sophie.Gordon Morrison
Gordon Morrison was the stubborn father of Tracey Morrison. Gordon was a retired policeman and fiercely proud of his line of work, he and his wife Kate visited Tracey and Gordon was rushed to hospital due to health problems. When Gordon learned his son – Doug, was a corrupt cop, he was disgusted and got him arrested. Later in the year Gordon showed disapproval of Tracey's engagement to Scotty.Kate Morrison
Kate Morrison was the mother of Tracey Morrison. Kate and her husband Gordon, visited Tracey in May 2010 and after Gordon was hospitalized, Tracey was shocked to learn Kate already knew her son Doug, was a corrupt cop and was hiding it from Gordon. When Gordon found out, he was infuriated and had Doug arrested. Later in the year Kate showed disapproval of Tracey's engagement to Scotty.Anita Goodall
Anita Goodall was the controlling younger sister of Ben Goodall. She arrived when she learned Ben was brain dead and was reluctant to get to know his partner Yvonne. Anita held the false hope Ben could come back alive but was eventually consulted through the ordeal by Yvonne and Hunter. Anita admitted she had not talked to Ben for years following his relationship with Heather and finally turned off his life support. She and Yvonne travelled down to Christchurch for his funeral.Wendy Cooper
Wendy Cooper was the low income earner, matriarch of the Cooper family. She arrived in June 2010 when she was hired to work for Sarah Potts' GP clinic.Annette Freeman
Annette Freeman was Brooke's alcoholic mother. Annette arrived in June 2010 and quickly embarrassed Brooke by getting drunk and chatting up her ex-boyfriend TK Samuels. She slept with the engaged, William Nungent and ended up fleeing when she learned Brooke may have cancer. In 2011 Brooke was driven to a bach where Annette was staying by Winston Youn and Annette apologized hugely for her behaviour and admitted Winston was Brooke's childhood maid's son. In December it was revealed that Annette had a secret daughter named Bree, whom she had adopted out at birth so as to stay with her husband Grant. Annette returned in 2012 and refused to accept Bree, resulting in Bree holding her hostage, mentally torturing her and manipulating Brooke into thinking Annette had lost her mind. Disgusted at Bree, Annette ended up being kicked out by Brooke for her treatment of her daughter. In September 2013, Brooke visited Annette for a month in Sydney.Penny Rourke
Paula Sinclair was the mysterious orderly who started to date Hunter McKay. However it soon became apparent Penny had a larger agenda when she began to stalk Scotty and ended up trying to murder him by poison and then by attempted arson. In August, Penny kidnapped Scotty and revealed that he may have killed her father in East Timor during army service. Scotty informed Penny that her father was a rapist and a distraught Penny ended up shooting him before fleeing. Hunter was disgusted to learn the truth and when Penny asked for help to escape New Zealand, he handed her into the police.Gus Afeaki
Gus Afeaki was a gang affiliated criminal who held a dairy owner hostage in his own dairy. Maxwell Avia entered the dairy and successfully convinced Gus to hand himself into police. In 2012 Chris discovered Gus was his cellmate in prison and though the two initially clashed, they soon found an understanding together. Gus helped Chris in prison but was soon diagnosed with serious skin cancer. It turned terminal and Gus eventually reconciled with his gang member son, Jared Afeaki and controversially fell in love with his nurse Vasa Levi. After being forced out of Vasa's home, Gus died surrounded by his family in December 2012.Ula Levi
Ula Levi was the girl Maxwell Avia had brought up believing she was his daughter. She arrived in July 2010 when she ran away from her mother - Vasa and her abusive husband. Ula decided to stay in Ferndale and started to bully Jasmine Cooper. Ula developed a crush on Phoenix Raynor but it was unrequited. In 2011 Phoenix mistook a love letter to be from Ula and they dated but later he dumped her for Jasmine. Ula fell for older man - Holden Smith but when he proved dangerous, Ula narrowly escaped getting raped. She began to date Tom Stanton and shockingly fell pregnant with his child. Evan Cooper pretended to be the father and the two briefly dated before the truth was revealed. Ula's baby was adopted out and she dated her foster brother Jared Afeaki for several months. Upon her son Adam re-entering her life, Ula attempted to reclaim him but adjusted to occasional visits. She began training to become a paramedic and fell in love with Garrett Whitley. However Garrett's womanizing ways proved too much and Ula found love with her long time crush Dallas Adams and left to travel the world with him. In September 2015, Maxwell passed on Ula's congratulations at Vinnie's wedding.Vasa Levi
Vasa Levi first appeared in several guest stints in 2010 and 2011 before becoming a regular character in August 2011. She was the firesome ex-wife of Maxwell Avia. She arrived in July to take back her daughter Ula but ended up staying when she realised she still loved Maxwell. She departed back to Wellington but returned when Maxwell expressed romantic interest however after a one-night stand, Maxwell broke it off. Vasa bought a house in Auckland so Ula could continue seeing her "dad". Vasa returned in February 2011 when she took the job of relieving director of nursing. She admitted she was still in love with Maxwell but became smitten with Murray and the two shared a kiss. When Vasa realised she may have broken the Cooper family, she again departed. She took the job permanently in August and was harshly shut down by Luke Durville on a date. In 2012 Vasa had a brief but controversial affair with Zac Smith that lead to isolation from her peers. As the year ended, she fell in love with terminal patient Gus Afeaki that resulted in her demotion following his death. Vasa reconnected with her abusive ex-boyfriend Travis Corfield and entered into business with him. However his abusive side returned and when he ended up dead, Vasa was arrested for his murder but later cleared. Not too long afterwards, Vasa and the recently returned Sam begin to date. The two depart Ferndale to live in a small, remote island.Russell Turner
Russell "White Dragon" Turner was the gang member who had a past with Kieran Mitchell in Thailand. White Dragon tracked Kieran down with plans to film his death in a bid to seek revenge for Kieran stealing his money. Kieran escaped however and after a chase through the forest, the two ended up fighting on a cliff edge. Keiran's brother Sean tackled the two off the edge and White Dragon ended up plunging to his death, followed by Kieran's self-sacrifice.Brian Raynor
Brian Raynor was the uncle of Alison. Brian had raised Alison's teenage son Phoenix since Alison died in 2009 but arrived in 2010 to inform Chris of his ex-wives death and introduce him to his son. In 2011 Phoenix learned Brian had been in an accident in his Southland farm and travelled down to learn Brian had suffered a nervous breakdown after arguments with the neighboring farm. Phoenix sorted the feud out and Brian eventually accepted his neighbours. Brian briefly returned in 2012 to visit Phoenix following Chris' arrest for murder.Phoenix Raynor
Phoenix Raynor is the son of Chris Warner and Alison Raynor.Evan Cooper
Evan Cooper was the only boy in the Cooper family who arrived in August 2010. Wendy suspected her son of using the hospital social club's credit card, however it turned out to be his sister Jasmine. Evan started to drink to spite his father Murray who had been absent for a majority of Evan's life. He faced potential spine damage when he drunkenly fell from a tree and later ran away from home and accidentally set alight to a building he had been living in. He received community service for his crimes and before long Evan developed a crush on his nemesis Ula Levi. Evan and Ula began to date and he pretended to be the father of her baby before the two broke it off despite Evan still having feelings for her. He eventually controversially moved on to nurse Kylie and started a cleaning business with the help of Rachel McKenna. Kylie left him and Evan began to date foster sister Dayna Jenkins. The business fell through and Evan started to attend university before he broke it off with Dayna and fell in love with married women Marnie Dougan. However, after his parents meddled in his affair, Evan decided to take a job as a kitchen hand on a boat sailing the world. He departed in September 2014. Bella and Murray Cooper visited Evan in Fiji the following year.In January 2016, Evan returned to Ferndale after his mother's life support was turned off. Wendy was shot in the heart during the 2015 Cliffhanger Episode which saw gunman Gareth Hutchins hold the 2015 Children's Christmas Party hostage. Evan stayed for the funeral, then departed Ferndale, taking a flight out the next morning to return to his cruise ship job.
Jasmine Cooper
Jasmine Cooper was the nerdy youngest daughter of the Cooper family. She arrived in August when Wendy learned Jasmine was being bullied by Ula Levi, leading her to steal from the hospital. Jasmine developed a crush on Phoenix Raynor and the two began to date in March 2011. However Phoenix cheated on her and the two break up before having a rocky reconciliation. At Phoenix's 16th party, Jasmine had a heart attack and after narrowly surviving, she was diagnosed with Long QT syndrome. Her near death experience caused Jasmine to become obsessed with all things dark and after several family interventions and warnings from Phoenix, Jasmine finally recovered from incident in December 2011 and shortly after, Phoenix ended their relationship. Jasmine fell in love with Colombian exchange student Angel Souza and converted to Catholicism to stay with him. Despite pledging her life to him, he departed to become a priest, leaving Jasmine heart broken. She rebounded by sleeping with Jared Afeaki and befriending the gang-affiliated Dayna Jenkins. In August 2013, Jasmine left Ferndale for an exchange in Colombia. Wendy visited her the following year when she broke her leg.In January 2016, Jasmine returned to Ferndale after her mother's life support was turned off. Wendy was shot in the heart during the 2015 Cliffhanger Episode which saw gunman Gareth Hutchins hold the 2015 Children's Christmas Party hostage. She then contracted yellow fever after her expedition in Columbia, but was saved by George Kirkwood, a medical school graduate with experience in infectious disease clinics in London.