List of Shortland Street characters introduced in 2011
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street in 2011, by order of first appearance.
Peter Morrison
Peter Morrison was Tracey's second oldest brother. He arrived in January 2011 when he learned Tracey's fiance – Scotty had viciously attacked her. He encouraged her to end it with Scotty and ended up leaving back to the United Kingdom when Scotty was diagnosed with a brain tumour.Roimata Ngatai
Roimata Ngatai was the young Maori nurse who fell for TK Samuels. Despite initially being a minor character, the character got a positive reception and soon was one of the central characters in the soaps 2011 feature-length episode.Jill Kingsbury
Jill Kingsbury was the "Beautiful, energetic and outgoing" nurse who was best friends with Roimata Ngatai. The character was axed in late 2011.Jill arrived in February. She had previously dated Daniel Potts whilst overseas and planned to win him back but with Sophie's intervention, she ended up with Hunter McKay. Hunter however slept with Paige Munroe and it turned out Jill had spent time in prison for armed robbery and assault. The presence of her ex-boyfriend – Regan Ames, who had caused her to go to prison, made Jill drift towards Hunter's middle aged father, Callum McKay. The relationship was highly controversial and many, including Hunter, suspected Jill of being after Callum's money. Jill and Callum soon realised Hunter had a serious drug problem and when Jill and Daniel confronted him whilst he robbed a pharmacy, Jill was fatally stabbed accidentally by a security guard.
Lars Hammett
Dr. Lars Hammett was an internationally renowned researcher who attended the research conference where Brooke Freeman was trying to boost her profile. Lars offered Brooke the property of one of his defining researches if she slept with him, however he collapsed and died of a heart attack before he could willingly hand over the papers. Brooke stole them whilst her boyfriend, Isaac Worthington distracted the police.Henare Ngatai
Dr. Henare Ngatai was the nationally renowned doctor and father of Roimata. Henare arrived in March and took an instant liking to Roimata's new boyfriend – TK Samuels. Henare returned in July to attend the couple's wedding with his wife Ruth. Roimata caught Henare flirting with Brooke Freeman and publicly announced that Henare had once cheated on Ruth. Henare returned in March 2012 and recruited TK to join him in a Maori healthcare initiative. However it was soon clear Henare was up to no good and it turned out he was embezzling funds from the ministry to fund his own private clinic. Henare ended up in court and disowned by his family. However Roimata and Ruth eventually forgave him amongst abandonment from his whanau. The following year Ruth revealed that Henare had gotten away with no charge and had set about recovering his lost reputation. In 2014, Henare and Ruth arrived to Ferndale off screen to collect the body of Roimata, who had died in an explosion.Paige Munroe
Paige Munroe was Hunter McKay's medical school rival. Paige had been raised by her uncle Shane Tucker and as a result of ruthless and determined. She and Hunter got an intern placement at Shortland Street and Hunter soon realised Paige was on ADHD medication. Paige started to date Daniel Potts but the two broke up when she slept with Hunter. Paige lured Hunter onto the pills but it was soon clear Paige was addicted. She sought help from Daniel but Shane soon realised his niece was a drug addict. He tried to cover it up to save his career but only ended up breaking more laws. Paige was eventually sent to rehab away from Ferndale.In May 2012 after months of rumours, it was confirmed Paige would be returning to the show that month. Paige returned in May and regained her internship in an attempt to apologise to Hunter's father Callum. She briefly dated Josh Gallagher before she departed due to the stress of surgery.
Alan Woodstock
Dr. Alan Woodstock was the alcoholic doctor who worked at the hospital's GP clinic. In a bid to mask her feelings for Murray Cooper, Vasa Levi accepted a date with Alan and although she didn't enjoy it, continued to see him to avoid Murray. However it was soon evident Alan had a serious drinking problem and when Vasa rejected his advances, he forced himself on her, only to be stopped by Murray, who Alan knocked out. Alan was later suspended from the hospital pending investigation and later fired.Winston Youn
Winston Youn was the obsessive research assistant to Brooke Freeman. Brooke warmed to Winston quickly but it soon was revealed Winston was stalkerishly obsessed with Brooke and had been following her for the past 2 years. Winston reunited Brooke with her mother Annette Freeman, who revealed Winston was their maids son from when Brooke was a child. However Winston's obsessive nature grew even more and he developed an unrequited crush on Brooke. Matters were only made worse when Brooke suspected Winston had murdered Nadia for her. Winston grew jealous of Brooke's boyfriend Alex and tried to separate them. Things came to a head when Brooke tried to kill Winston by running him over and it was revealed Winston had not killed Nadia but was trying to protect Brooke. He got a job overseas but returned the next month to convince Brooke to alter her research project illegally. He decided to become a nurse and started to become obsessed with Vasa Levi before he decided to move overseas, relieving Brooke.Regan Ames
Regan Ames was the criminal ex-boyfriend of Jill Kingsbury. He arrived in Ferndale in an attempt to reconcile with Jill and ended up getting a job at The I.V. and flatting with Jill. In a sick attempt to steal Jill from her boyfriend Hunter, Regan pretended he was terminally ill – although, ironically, he had experienced a genuine cancer scare the previous year – and when Brodie began researching him, Regan set him up with class A drugs and got drug lords onto him. When Regan learned Callum McKay had come into possession of a large sum of money, he stole it through computer hacking and fled Ferndale. Callum tracked him down and the two managed to free Jill from being kidnapped by drug lords before Callum forced Regan to hand himself in.Holden Smith
Holden Smith was an associate of Regan Ames'. Holden delivered stolen goods to Regan and began to make trouble at 'The IV' bar. He caught the attention of teenager, Ula Levi and the two started to date. Ula's father – Maxwell found out and discovered Holden was providing Ula with alcohol illegally. When Maxwell left New Zealand, Holden visited Ula and attempted to rape her when she declined him sex. He continued to intimidate her in public for several more weeks. In July Holden and several gang members kidnapped Jill when Regan refused to give them money over a drug trade problem. Callum ended up saving Jill and getting the gang arrested.Holden returned two years later when Jasmine took advantage of him to secure alcohol underage.