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List of Shortland Street characters (1995)

Lulu Chatfield
Shortland Street character
Portrayed by Meighan Desmond
Duration 1995–96
First appearance 18 January 1995
Last appearance 1996
Introduced by Gavin Strawhan
Classification Former; regular
Craig Develter
Shortland Street character
Portrayed by Joel Tobeck
Duration 1995, 1996
First appearance 24 February 1995
Last appearance 22 November 1996
Introduced by Gravin Strawhan (1995, 1996)
Classification Former; recurring
Tuesday Warner
Shortland Street character
Portrayed by Kelly Tate (1995–96)
Olivia Tennet (2007–08)
Duration 1995–96, 2007–08
First appearance 24 October 1995
Last appearance 25 April 2008
Introduced by Gavin Strawham (1995)
Jason Daniel (2007)
Classification Former; recurring

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street in 1995, by order of first appearance.

Lulu Chatfield first arrived in early 1995, having become good friends with Stuart Neilson (Martin Henderson) after his short holiday away from Ferndale. It was soon revealed Lulu was a teenage runaway, having been sexually abused by her father. Stuart's mother Marj (Elizabeth McRae) fostered Lulu alongside her husband Laurie (Chich Littlewood) and Lulu became good friends with Minnie Crozier (Katrina Devine). Lulu began to date James Thornton (Chris Dykzeul) but was devastated when her father was acquitted of his charges of molestation and tried to hunt her down. He was arrested and Lulu broke up with James when he kissed Minnie. In 1996 Lulu departed with Marj and Laurie to live in Wellington.

Craig Develter appeared in two stints in 1995 and 1996, portrayed by Joel Tobeck. Craig was a friend of Otis Jackson's (Shane Bartle) but this changed when a drunk Otis crashed the car the two were traveling in. Craig was seriously injured and lost the use of his legs, becoming a wheelchair user The clinic staff soon realised the true manipulative nature of Craig when he began to blackmail and emotionally torture Otis as payback for his injuries. Craig returned the following year in a much better mindset having adjusted to his restrictions. However his disdain for the "system" was still apparent and he revealed secrets to manipulate the seriousness of paraplegia to the newly injured Rangi Heremaia (Blair Strang).

The "bad-ass, wheelchair-bound drug dealer" portrayal of Craig was later identified as, "one of the show's more memorable characters" by a reviewer from The New Zealand Herald.


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