| Martha Riley | |
|---|---|
| Shortland Street character | |
| Portrayed by | Jacque Drew |
| Introduced by | Jason Daniel |
| Duration | 2008 |
| First appearance | 30 April 2008 |
| Last appearance | 22 July 2008 |
| Classification | Former; recurring |
Martha Riley was the consultant that overlooked the hospital. She brought in Hone Ropata (Temuera Morrison) to replace Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) as CEO and started an affair with Callum McKay (Peter Mochrie). A rivalry broke out between Riley and Callum's wife Justine Jones (Lucy Wigmore) and Riley was devastated when Callum decided to stay with Justine. She later departed the hospital.
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“You’ve strung your breasts
with a rattling rope of pearls,
tied a jangling belt
around those deadly hips
and clinking jewelled anklets
on both your feet.
So, stupid,
if you run off to your lover like this,
banging all these drums,
then why
do you shudder with all this fear
and look up, down;
in every direction?”
—Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.?, Kashmirian king, compiler, author of some of the poems in the anthology which bears his name. translated from the Amaruataka by Martha Ann Selby, vs. 31, Motilal Banarsidass (1983)
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