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List of Shortland Street characters introduced in 2014

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street in 2014, by order of first appearance.

Honour Aleni first appeared in February 2014, portrayed by Sophie McIntosh.

Toby (Robert Evison) quickly grew a crush on Honour but it was clear she was infatuated with his best friend Kane (KJ Apa). However, due to her heavily religious father Sam (Rene Naufahu), Honour was reluctant to date but eventually talked round Kane, only to be cyber bullied by a jealous Harry Warner (Reid Walker). Honour departed Ferndale after being attacked by the deranged Brett Franklin (Matt Dwyer) but returned several months later when she moved into Ula's (Frankie Adams) flat and began to date Kane once again. However, when Honour and Kane started sleeping together, she became rebellious and fell out with Ula. Ultimately she was sent back to live with Sam out of Ferndale.

Jack Theodore Hannah first appeared in early 2014 as a minor character, before becoming a more central character later in the year. In 2015 the character was introduced to the core cast and a family unit was created around him.

Dr. Garrett Whitley first appeared in May 2014 portrayed by Spencer Falls. He is the brother of E.D. Doctor, Harper Whitley. Garrett arrives when he is brought into E.D suffering from the effects of synthetic cannabis, Harper agrees to treat him in her exam room, Harper then offers Garrett a place to stay with her with Nicole Miller and Vinnie Kruse. Since arriving in Ferndale he has had brief relationship with Kylie Brown but ended up falling for Ula Levi they ended their relationship after Ula's ex-boyfriend Jared returns from the army but he returns to the army and they get back together however months after they break up. While stationed in ED, TK failed Garrett's rotation. After getting a second chance in surgical, he nearly lost his job again when helping his criminal father Steve Whitley flee the country. Garrett then found himself in more danger while trying to get Harper away from a dodgy crook she was seeing. While both nursing broken hearts, Garrett had a brief romance with Rachel McKenna (Angela Bloomfield) who eventually fell in love with. Unfortunately for him, she later went back to husband Chris Warner. Garrett had a rocky relationship with his mentor Boyd Rolleston, and after being encouraged by his sister, sneaked into the funding conference, and talked to the authority offering the international scholarship under Chris and Garrett's noses, and in the end managed to secure himself a scholarship to finish his medical degree in Basel, Switzerland. In 2016, it was mentioned he was in a critical condition with undisclosed brain injury in Europe.

Effie Sommers was a nurse at Shortland Street Hospital and was the recurring love interest of E.D House surgeon Garrett Whitley. Effie and Garrett date briefly but Garrett soon began a relationship with Ula Levi instead. Effie later caught a mystery illness from a patient and died as a result.

Michael Hampton-Rees first appeared in late May 2014, portrayed by Duane Evans Jr. After previously being used as a plot-device and being referenced for years. In 2005 Vinnie Kruse (Pua Magasiva) impregnated British tourist Jemima Hampton (Liesha Ward-Knox) after a brief fling. The two departed in 2006 after they decided to bring up their child in the United Kingdom. In 2011 Vinnie returned to New Zealand having been dumped by Jemima and refused contact with his son. Vinnie made contact with Michael in 2014, resulting in Jemima bringing him for a visit. Michael struggled with the presence of Vinnie's lover Nicole (Sally Martin) in his life but ultimately ended up accepting her. Late in the year, he and Jemima moved to Ferndale to live permanently. Jemima and her controlling former husband wrestled for his guardianship, but when Vinnie finally managed to help Jemima away from her former husband, Michael decided to stay with Vinnie and Nicole. In October 2017 Michael moved with Jemima to Singapore.

Dr. Ava Eriksson first appeared in early July, portrayed by Siobhan Marshall. Ava is a Doctor of Appearance Medicine. She scored a job at the McKenna House thanks to Brooke Freeman and hired Brooke as her PR representative. Two weeks after she arrived, she started an affair with Brooke's husband, Boyd Rolleston. She was the creator of the lethal drug, Extract 7, which killed 5 people including Nurse Effie Sommers and Sarah Potts and infected 3 other people including CEO Rachel McKenna who survived thanks to Sarah who came up with the cure before she died. She was going to travel overseas with Boyd in tow, but Boyd changed his mind, lured Ava to The I.V, called the cops and got her arrested.

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