The Almighty Johnsons screens on Thursdays, 8.30pm, TV3. Cortese's son become agitated and he began panicking and crying when the iPad was taken, the original post said. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 20: Actor Shane Cortese and partner Nerida Lister with their son Keesat at the Trelise Cooper Kids show on the fourth day of Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2007 at Viaduct Harbour Marine Village on September 20, 2007 in Auckland, New Zealand. Actor: Nothing Trivial. He was pretty proud I got to 40. Photo: Lawrence Smith Shane Cortese used to fear mediocrity. As the winner of MasterChef New Zealand, Health fears could not spoil Anna's dream ceremony. Nerida told Spy: "After 15 years of many fun times filled with family and friends, we recognise that people change and so do our individual perceptions of love and happiness. And, from next Wednesday, will also be reprising his role as sensitive, serial monogamist Mac in the third season of TV One's Nothing Trivial. Auckland Transport is aiming to employ more than 200 transport officers as part of the SaFE programme to increase passenger security and safety on trains and at rail stations. In late 2005 after appearing on Dancing with the Stars he hosted TV3's So You Think You Can Dance. By Derek Cheng, Derek . Cortese, who began dance lessons at a young age, has been a Dancing With The Stars contestant more than once. My heart just stopped. That's what you're seeing at the bottom of the Peroni glass, your son running on to Eden Park in an All Black jersey. He scored a major part in a production but was contacted by Shortland Street producers who announced their intention to write Cortese a character specifically for him who was to play a major part in the serial. He thinks I'd be a good leader.". [1][2] Cortese trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. Whilst visiting New Zealand in 2000, Cortese auditioned for the popular soap opera Shortland Street for the role of Geoff Greenlaw. In April 2007 Kees Armas Cortese was born by water birth at North Shore Hospital. READ MORE: *A day in the life of Westside actor Shane Cortese *Shane Cortese talks mid life crisis, a new convertible and being onstage with Delia Hannah. I was 41. He is perhaps best known for his role of Mac on Nothing Trivial, Loki on the Almighty Johnsons and Hayden Peters on hit show Outrageous Fortune. He wrote about his sonand said they would continue to take the Auckland train. Dominic in Shortland Street and Hayden Peters on hit show Outrageous Fortune. Has your career turned out to be everything you wanted? Partnered with dancer Nerida Lister he was named runner-up on 20 June 2005. I'm no different from any other Kiwi bloke. Krijg toegang tot het beste van Getty Images met ons eenvoudige abonnement. "The questions that the writers are making me ask myself are once you've been in a relationship for such a long time why do you jump back into forming another long-term relationship so quickly and what part of the personality attracts somebody to do that so quickly?". Cortese said he was despondenthe couldn't prevent his son from being upset. 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I've got my two boys and just before we got married Tammy came into our lives. Collect, curate and comment on your files. Level 1, 7-9 Alpers Ave Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland Transport spokesperson Mark Hannan confirmed on Sundaythere had been an incident at about 10.30am on October 14. It's a bit frustrating. To find out more, , If this continues please try upgrading your browser or Ng Taonga Sound & Vision - TVNZ Collection, The NZ Herald on the final dance off between Shane Cortese & Norm Hewitt, 20 June 2005, NZ Herald interview with Shane Cortese, October 2011. It's always interesting to do a second season of something. The awards recognise. Over coffee in an Auckland cafe courtyard he's relaxed, casually dressed and enthusiastic about life. Sometimes I don't have a filter but I'm usually very calculated in what I say. In this excerpt, Cortese and Nerida Lister win over the judges with their rumba routine. Plus, Cortese says, he comes with added appeal. What benefits does fame give you? By this time, Loretta West had become a smart and successful business entrepreneur and a madame of a brothel. I'm G-Dad. The husband and wife went on to welcome another son, Jett, two years later. Both had partners at the time Cortese lived with his girlfriend and Nerida was married. He was also a runner-up on Season 1 of NZ Dancing with the Stars in 2005. Always have done and always will. He is perhaps best known for his role of Mac on Nothing Trivial, Loki on the Almighty Johnsons and Hayden Peters on hit show Outrageous Fortune. [3] Cortese made his Shortland Street debut in early 2003 as the character of Dominic Thompson. Ex Wife Nerida .