26 « October « 2009 « The Tribe Cast

Shortland Street : Summer Special!

With summer heading towards New Zealand, cast members of Shortland Street have been interviewed about their summers past and tips for getting ready for the one coming! Amongst them are Beth Allen (Tribe’s Amber/Shortland Streets Brooke Freeman), Lee Donoghue (Spike in The Tribe/Hunter McKay in Shorty) and Sally Martin (Kandy in Tribe 4 / Shorty’s Nicole Miller) . Their interviews feature on this page of the Shortland Street website and are also pasted below.

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Michelle Ang Talks About Health Matters

Michelle Ang (who played Tai-San in The Tribe), in an article in New Zealand’s Woman’s Weekly, openly talks about suffering from endometriosis. The article (pasted below) details the journey it took for Michelle to discover she was suffering from endometriosis as well as about talking about living with her boyfriend, photographer, Sam Nixon in New York.

This post has been back dated, with thanks to Jebrill of Tribe-Cast.com for the article.

You may also be aware that Michelle’s co-star in William Shatner’s Twist In The Tale (The Green Dress), Jessie Gurunathan (also played farm girl Dawn in The Tribe) was also diagnosed with endometriosis. It can be more common than it is thought to be.
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