1997

Shortland Street Events

 * 25th April - Rebecca Frost dies after receiving a surgically replaced heart valve, which proved to be faulty.
 * 13th June - Ellen Crozier gives birth to a daughter, Rose Crozier-Kearney.
 * 22nd October - Annabelle Lustwick dies in a suicide assisted by Caroline Buxton.

Real Life Events
To be added