and in fact kept the destroyed scarf as a memento for many years. Her "maddest" storyline was decided to be her husband – Tom's (Adrian Keeling) disappearance. TV reviewer, John T. Forde, listed Marj as his second favourite character and highlighted her phrase: "Kia ora, Shortland Street Accident and Emergency centre!" During a speech at the show's 15th anniversary, the Prime Minister Helen Clark, noted the "fun" she had filming Marj's final scenes at parliament. The scene also included Marj meeting National Party minister Jenny Shipley, and blogger Alex Casey described the meeting of Marj, Clark, and Shipley as a "special treat" due to the 3 being the "most powerful women" in New Zealand. Marj was said to deliver many of the "best lines" in the show's 25th anniversary episode. The New Zealand Woman's Day magazine listed Marj as the 13th best character of the soap's first 25 years. McRae later went on to state that playing Marj was a highlight of her 50-year-long career, saying; "It was quite a privilege to be in that initial cast because it was a breakthrough that there was at last a New Zealand soap opera that wasn't full of Australians or Americans or English." In 2012, the character was named as one of the standout characters of the show's first 20 years. Producer – Steven Zanoski, praised Marj's return in 2012, stating; "The scenes between Rachel and Marj have proved to be the most moving stories we see over a week of moving stories." Marj's return was later named as one of the highlights of the 2012 season. In 2013, Marj's return was named as the 5th best ever character return storyline on the soap by the Shortland Street website in a collated list. The soap's longest serving star, Michael Galvin (Chris Warner) praised and admired McRae for her portrayal of Marj as she taught him to "take the work seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously". In 2016, Marj was named by a stuff.co.nz reporter as the 3rd character they most wanted to return to show. Ricardo Simich expressed his desire for Marj to return for the soap opera's 25th anniversary saying it was a "must" she be reunited with Waverley Harrison. In 2017 stuff.co.nz journalist Fleur Mealing named Marj as the 9th character she most wanted to return for the show's 25th anniversary, citing the potential for Marj to again deliver