Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, a medical drama, centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show is broadcast on TVNZ 2 and produced originally by South Pacific
The longest running characters Chris and Rachel as they were in 1993 and 16 years later in 2009
In 1995 Rachel married best friend and comical character, Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett) in a protest on student allowance. The storyline not only advanced the plot, but also depicted current events of the time.