Moira Dawn Cochrane (also Lafferty, previously Crombie) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street who first appeared in 1997, portrayed by Geraldine Brophy.

Following his death from a drink driving accident, Moria ended up marrying past lover and criminal associate - Dean (Greg Johnson), with he and his daughter Erin Kingston (Emma Lahana) joining the family.

Moira proved to be a good friend to many of the clinic's staff including Caroline Buxton whom she supported after she was falsely imprisoned on a manslaughter charge and Ellen Crozier whilst she endured a separation from husband David.

Moira refused to believe Eamon had raped Kate Larsen (Rebecca Hobbs) and her disbelief caused her marriage with Dean to come to an end.

After supporting good friend Donna with the loss of husband Rangi, Moira realised the time was right to move on and the entire family left by April 2001.

[6] Her relationship with Dean was also praised, with reviewers believing it was important that middle aged characters were shown receiving romance.

[7][8] The 1999 storyline which saw Moira's son - Jordan come out as gay at the same time as needing to donate bone marrow to his dying brother, was seen as contemporary.

[9] Upon hearing of Moira's axing from the show, fans wished for the character to leave with husband - Dean, in a sufficiently "happily-ever-after" scenario.