Shortland Street New Zealand television programme Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. Wikipedia First episode date: May 25, 1992 Number of seasons: 25 (as of 15 November 2016) Number of episodes: 6,125 Genres: Medical drama, Soap opera Networks: Television New Zealand, TVNZ Cast: Angela Bloomfield Michael Galvin Benjamin Mitchell