Paul Gittins as Dr Michael McKenna on Shortland Street.
Paul Gittins as Dr Michael McKenna on Shortland Street.
As Shortland Street turns 25, New Zealand on Screen opens the archives to bring us 25 years of trivia.
Paul Gittins was a foundation Shortland Street cast member, playing original clinic CEO Michael McKenna. Appearing over a period of seven years, his character battled alcoholism, homophobia, a murder accusation and numerous stresses caused by daughter Rachel, before succumbing to a series of heart attacks.
Here Gittins speaks about "alwaysgetting it wrong", and how Ferndale's younger crowd taught him many life lessons.