Christmas time in Ferndale is often bloody, scary and even deadly – and it seems 2017 will be no different.
For more than 20 years, Shortland Street has delivered explosive end-of-year cliffhanger specials, which have involved runaway trucks, mass shooters, car crashes, babies being born, serial killers and explosions. Now, murder is on the cards for 2017’s finale, screening on December 19.
Click through the gallery below for some of the best moments over Shortland Street’s history.