List of Shortland Street characters introduced in 1998

Producers planned for Kirsty to leave the show with her true love and the obvious choices were Stuart (Martin Henderson) or Darryl Neilson.

[2] In 1993, Damien rang his mother Marj (Elizabeth McRae) and announced regret at not being able to attend father, Tom's (Adrian Keeling) funeral.

In mid 1995 Marj informed Jenny (Maggie Harper) that she was not close to Damien as he was the third child, and thus she didn't often speak of him.

In 1998, Damien arrived at the clinic to a very shocked Kirsty Knight, whom Darryl had tried to rape several years before hand.

At first, Logan was a 15-year-old sexual delinquent, sentenced to spend time in a house run by Damien Neilson (Mark Ferguson).

Mark Shawn was the paramedic who replaced Donna Heka (Stephanie Tauevihi) as Rangi's (Blair Strang) ambulance partner.

Earl returned later in the year when his son Maddy (Joseph Greer) was diagnosed with leukemia and shocked Moira when he purchased a fast-food caravan.

He was the illegitimate lovechild of Lionel Skeggins (John Leigh) and Judy Billingham (Stephanie McKellar-Smith) who was born in the early 1980s.

Oscar was found bludgeoned and an increasingly unhinged Mackenzie married Lionel before he realised she was the culprit and fled.

He arrived as the new doctor in 1998 and instantly attracted the attention of business manager Rachel McKenna (Angela Bloomfield).

Oscar Henry was the manipulative and controlling replacement business manager for Jenny Harrison (Maggie Harper).

He apologized and shouted her and the family a free trip to visit Moira's husband Earl (Murray Keane) as the year ended.

In 2001 Dean decided to leave Ferndale to be closer to Erin and the Crombie's followed soon after to help run a Bed and breakfast motel.