Shortland Street is a New Zealand medical drama soap opera and is New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, first broadcasted on Monday, 25 May 1992. It is produced by South Pacific Pictures and screens weeknights on TVNZ's TV2. It is set in a modern metropolitan hospital in the fictional Auckland City suburb of Ferndale. While the series name is inspired by the real Shortland Street in Auckland City, the series street is not located in the CBD as the real street.