Ant Richards | |
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Shortland Street character | |
Portrayed by | Michael Morris |
Duration | 2006, 2008 |
First appearance | 17 January 2006 |
Last appearance | 3 September 2008 |
Introduced by | Jason Daniel (2006, 2008) |
Classification | Former; recurring |
Profile | |
Occupation | Pharmaceutical Rep |
Mitch Gillespie | |
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Shortland Street character | |
Portrayed by | John Wraight |
Duration | 2006 |
First appearance | 19 January 2006 |
Last appearance | 2 February 2006 |
Introduced by | Jason Daniel |
Classification | Former; guest |
Mackie Bowen | |
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Shortland Street character | |
Portrayed by | Nick Hopkins |
Duration | 2006 |
First appearance | 17 April 2006 |
Last appearance | 25 May 2006 |
Introduced by | Jason Daniel |
Classification | Former; recurring |
Profile | |
Occupation | Business owner |
Brenda Holloway | |||||||
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Shortland Street character | |||||||
Portrayed by | Katherine McRae | ||||||
Duration | 2006–07 | ||||||
First appearance | 17 April 2006 | ||||||
Last appearance | 1 November 2007 | ||||||
Introduced by | Jason Daniel | ||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||
Profile | |||||||
Occupation | Nurse | ||||||
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Brothers |
Brian Rowley John Rowley |
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Husband | Gary Davis (until 2007) |
Sons | Lachlan Davis |
Buddy Haanui | |||
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Shortland Street character | |||
Portrayed by | Antonio Te Maioha | ||
Duration | 2006, 2007 | ||
First appearance | 8 May 2006 | ||
Last appearance | 19 July 2007 | ||
Introduced by | Jason Daniel (2006, 2007) | ||
Classification | Former; recurring | ||
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Wife | Huia Samuels (until 2004) |
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Kuini Samuels | |||||||||||
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Shortland Street character | |||||||||||
Portrayed by | Ella Henry | ||||||||||
Duration | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 | ||||||||||
First appearance | 8 May 2006 | ||||||||||
Last appearance | 25 August 2014 | ||||||||||
Introduced by |
Jason Daniel (2006–07) Steven Zanoski (2009–11) Simon Bennett (2014) |
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Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||||
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Mother | Mareikura Samuels |
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Brothers | Mitch Samuels |
Sisters |
Miri Samuels Dotti Samuels Liz Arthur |
Daughters | Huia Samuels |
Nephews |
TK Samuels Wiremu Potae Tane Samuels Esther Samuels |
Ingrid Campbell | |
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Shortland Street character | |
Portrayed by | Madeleine Lynch |
Duration | 2006–07, 2009 |
First appearance | 18 July 2006 |
Last appearance | 26 February 2009 |
Introduced by |
Jason Daniel (2006) Steven Zanoski (2009) |
Classification | Former; recurring |
Profile | |
Occupation | Surgeon |
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street in 2006, by order of first appearance.
Anthony "Ant" Richards was the man Yvonne Jeffries (Alison Quigan) set up with her daughter Tania (Faye Smythe). Ant worked at the pharmaceutical company – Scott Spear and he was often at the hospital trialing the companies drugs. He and Tania soon got together and Ant contributed to Tania's addiction to prescription medication, supplying her with her fix. However Ant soon started to suspect Scott Spear was manufacturing faulty drugs and he and Tania began to get followed. In October 2006 Huia Samuels (Nicola Kawana) borrowed Ant's new car only for the engine to explode from a rigged bomb, killing her and her unborn child. Ant realised Scott Spear was behind the attempted murder on his life and fled. In August 2008 Craig Valentine (Renato Bartolomei) was contacted by Ant whom was in hiding, after he too began investigating Scott Spear. Together the two alongside Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) and Justine Jones (Lucy Wigmore) set about exposing Scott Spear. However, as the team were finally about to reveal the truth, Craig was brutally murdered and Ant again fled into hiding.
Mitch Gillespie appeared in a guest role in early 2006. Mitch reunited with his former girlfriend Judy Brownlee (Donogh Rees) and it was not long before the two reconciled. In February they departed to live together in Australia.
Dr. Te Koha "TK" Samuels was the travel worn cousin of Huia Samuels (Nicola Kawana). He has been portrayed by Benjamin Mitchell since 25 January 2006 and since his arrival has become one of the most recognisable faces of the show. The character was involved in a high profile love triangle between himself, Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing) and Craig Valentine (Renato Bartolomei) which culminated in TK and Sarah getting married, divorced and becoming parents to a daughter – Tillie Potts (Nalani Rose Tuhoe).