History Series / ShortlandStreet

* BigBadDuumverate: Often rare, but used on occasion. One specific duo was the combination of Ethan Pierce and his Nessus Bio co-owner/funeral director Stirling Haldane. Stirling stole bodies, Stirling helped him harvest them. Ethan then turned on Stirling and bumped him off once Stirling became a liability.

* BikerBabe: Harper Whitley for the guys, Drew McCaskill for the girls.

* DrugsAreBad: Played straight with Guy Warner. After finding out about his addiction, his brother Chris tries desperately to get him into rehab, which he eventually agrees to, but not before causing a car crash which injured Tuesday and Harry, and nearly killed him and Toni. Even after rehab, he relapses, much to Tuesday's horror.
** Ironic, given that Chris himself developed a drug addiction and was in rehab back in 1994.

* TheCasanova: Dr Chris Warner.

* BackForTheDead: After being PutOnABus in 1995, Dr. Michael Mckenna made two [[TheBusCameBack brief returns]]: Once in 1997, and then again at the end of 1998 which lasted into early 1999. At the end of Mckenna's second return stint, he died of a heart attack as his actor had ruled out any future returns and wanted the character to be killed off.

** In 2011-12, she left Maxwell and went back lesbian for Lana Jacobs.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[spoiler:The Hannah family]] are instantly kicked out of their house by their landlord when she walks in on [[spoiler:Curtis and Jack smoking cannabis]]. New Zealand tenancy law requires landlords to a) give 48 hours' notice before visiting unless it is an emergency, and b) give at least 90 days' notice of termination, unless the landlord gets an order from the Tenancy Tribunal.

* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow: Thirteen-year-old Pixie Hannah has never appeared to go to school, even though older brother Jack does. Granted she [[spoiler:was fighting cancer]], but it doesn't explain the lack of correspondence or homeschooling either.

** Harry Warner was born in May 2002, however in August 2015 he was established as being 14 years old. More noticeable if you consider [[spoiler:his late girlfriend Pixie Hannah]] was younger than him, but her birthday was established as a canon August 2001.

* TheLocal: The IV Bar and Bistro has been Shortland Street's local since 2006. Various other bars have been in the past.

** Harry Warner was born in May 2002, however in August 2015 he was established as being 14 years old.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Jason Daniel era from 2007-2009, which featured much eviler bad guys than any other year, previous characters coming back as darker and more troubled versions of themselves and most characters leaving were killed off. It was during this period that the show got three Broadcast Standards Authority warnings in two months, having gone 16 years without even receiving one!

** Another mild case. Harry Warner was born in 2002, However on 6th August 2015 he stated he was 14.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[spoiler:The Hannah family]] are instantly kicked out of their house by their landlord when she walks in on [[spoiler:Curtis and Jack are caught smoking cannabis]]. New Zealand tenancy law requires landlords to a) give 48 hours' notice before visiting unless it is an emergency, and b) give at least 90 days' notice of termination, unless the landlord gets an order from the Tenancy Tribunal.

* TheCastShowoff: Gabrielle's final scene in her first run has her speaking fluent French. Actress Virginie Le Brun is the daughter of NZ-based French vintner Daniel le Brun.
** In 2010, a play starring several characters is directed by receptionist Yvonne Jeffries. Actress Alison Quigan is a theater writer and director with over 20 years experience, including holding a Queen's Service Medal for her services to theater.

* FakingTheDead: Justine Jones in 2008. When a corrupt pharmaceutical company planted a mobile-phone-activated bomb in her car, she used it to her advantage by switching the SIM card with her own phone's, activating the bomb to convince the company she was dead and fled to Australia.

* TheOtherDarrin: Justine Jones was recast with Lucy Wigmore in the role, who replaced Laurie Foell who had played Justine for the character's first two years on the soap.
** Chris Warner's son Harry Warner has been played by four different actors since his birth: Joshua Thompson (2002), Callum Campbell Ross (2002-2006), Henry Williams (2006-2009), and Reid Walker (2009 onwards)
*** Daniel Potts was played for his first 3 years by Jarred Blakiston. When the character returned as a full member of the cast in 2009, he was turned into a "heartthrob" and so was recast with Ido Drent in the role instead.

ShortlandStreet is a UsefulNotes/NewZealand SoapOpera set in an hospital on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shortland Street]] in the fictitious UsefulNotes/{{Auckland}} suburb of Ferndale. It focuses on the lives of the physicians, surgeons, nurses, and hospital staff that work there, along with their families and friends who all live in Ferndale.