List of Shortland Street characters (1992)
Guy Warner was the guidance councilor brother of Chris Warner (Michael Galvin). Craig Parker played him in a guest stint in 1992 before returning as a regular from 1993 to 1996. He appeared again in 2007.
List of Shortland Street characters (2013)
Dayna Jenkins (Lucy Elliott) would constantly argue with her mother during phone calls and it soon became apparent to Wendy Cooper (Jacqueline Nairn) that Jennifer was a neglectful mother. She picked up Dayna in May when she suffered a massive mental breakdown. Wendy was shocked to be reunited with Dayna in December and it turned out Jennifer had been in a car crash and was in a coma. Josh Gallagher (Chris Tempest) injected the unconscious Jennifer with sedative that would ensure she would not awake so that he could use her kidney as a transplant for Brooke Freeman (Beth Allen). She was declared brain dead and despite initial hesitation by Dayna, her life support machine was turned off and her kidney donated to Brooke. The following year, Dayna and Kane (KJ Apa) received a million dollars in inheritance.
Kane Jenkins first appeared in December 2013 portrayed by KJ Apa. The character was introduced as part of the extended Cooper family unit and as a means to depict youth-suicide.