Warner Family (Shortland Street)

The Warner Family is a fictional family in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. They have appeared in the show from 1992 to 1996, and since 2000. The most well known member of this family is Dr. Chris Warner, and he is one of the longest-running characters on the show.

Sir Bruce Warner was a successful doctor who was knighted for his services to medicine. He was married to Margot Warner and they had three children; twins Chris and Amanda, born 22 November 1965, and Guy, born 14 February 1968. Guy was actually the product of an affair between Bruce and Chris' nanny, which was kept a secret until 1995. Amanda was disabled, so Bruce covered up her birth and told the family that she had died because of the shame she would've brought to the family. Chris was married to Melanie Kirk in 1989, but they divorced in 1991. In May 1992, at the show's start, Chris had an affair with Jill (Suzy Aiken) whilst in a relationship with Alison Warner (Danielle Cormack) who he ended up getting engaged to. However he called off the wedding to reconcille with Melanie. The reconciliation was short and Chris ended up back with Alison, however the night before their wedding Chris was drugged by Darryl (Mark Ferguson), and ended up missing the wedding and losing Alison.

Guy fell for Carmen Roberts (Theresa Healey). Guy cheated and they briefly broke up before Carmen fell pregnant and gave birth to daughter Tuesday (Kelly Tate) in 1995. Carmen died following a truck crash in the hospital.

Chris fell in love with Tiffany Pratt (Alison James). The two married and Chris and Guy ended up leaving with Chris to seek surgery in America on a tumour Tuesday had developed neurologically. The following year Chris and Tiffany divorced when she discovered him in bed with Alison. He and Alison ended up marrying offscreen.

Nothing was heard of the Warners until 2000 when Chris returned to Shortland Street and made it a public hospital. He ended up in a relationship with Rachel McKenna (Angela Bloomfield), but a one-night stand with nurse - Toni Thompson (Laura Hill) resulted in the birth of Harry Thompson Warner(Joshua Thompson) on 9 May 2002.

Toni's brother Dom arrived to visit and quickly got a job at the hospital. He mysteriously got on well with rival Chris' (Michael Galvin) mother Margot (now Dinah Priestley) and when she died, Dom revealed himself as Chris' illegitimate half brother and took the Warner surname. Following a blood test, Dom realized that he was not related to Chris but kept it a secret whilst he started an affair with Delphi Grenlaw. To hide the affair, he drugged his wife Emily Bredican and soon became a suspect in the murder of Geoff Greenlaw, Delphi's brother. Once Chris discovered the truth, Dom fled.

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