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NZ On Air 30th Birthday - Shortland Street

Web (Full Length) – 2019

Shortland Street for me, that was the height of television drama when I was a young person. Everyone watched it.
– Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Well I survived being run over by Ian Watkin — the late great Ian Watkin — tetanus, survived a plane crash, and I eventually found the wedding ring I threw away in a fish I caught, so ... I've been through a bit! And that's just my character...
– Actor John Leigh, on the trials faced by his Shortland Street character Lionel Skeggins
It's always done the job of tracking big things happening in New Zealand society as well, and reflecting back to ourselves.
– Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Shortland Street