The Katene Sisters

Although the name suggests a 1950s vocal group, The Katene Sisters were actually created for an early storyline on Shortland Street. With a talent quest in the offing, it emerged that nurse Jackie Manu (Nancy Brunning) had once been in a girl group, with two cousins. One cousin reappeared (played by singer Annie Crummer), but when the other didn't, nurse Carrie Burton (Lisa Crittenden) stepped up. The new Katene Sisters didn’t win the contest (some disco dancers got the glory) — but 1993 song ‘Keeping Up the Love Thing’ (penned by Crummer and ex-Holidaymaker Barbara Griffin) got to number three in the Kiwi charts.