← Lost & Found

Season 1

10 episodes · 2015

This New Zealand documentary series sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage.

  1. 1Episode 1

    07 May 2015 · 45 min

    An Auckland woman is desperate to find her father; a top show jumper seeks the woman who adopted her out; and a retired caretaker seeks the daughters he hasn't seen for 25 years.

  2. 2Episode 2

    14 May 2015 · 45 min

    A young father heads to Fiji to search for the woman who adopted him out when he was toddler. Later, a Rangiora mum faces her past when she tries to find her birth mother in England.

  3. 3Episode 3

    21 May 2015 · 45 min

    A Christchurch woman seeks the baby she has never seen or spoken about. A young mum seeks the father she has never met; and a young woman wants to find her father.

  4. 4Episode 4

    28 May 2015 · 45 min

    A woman, raised by her grandparents, is looking for the father she's never known. And there's a major twist in store for a Rotorua father in search of his daughter.

  5. 5Episode 5

    04 Jun 2015 · 45 min

    A young mother, rescued from a Romanian orphanage and given a new life in New Zealand, heads back to Romania to try and find her birth mother.

  6. 6Episode 6

    11 Jun 2015 · 45 min

    A truck driver wants to find his father; a maintenance officer wants to make contact with his mother; and a nursing student is desperate to reconnect with her father.

  7. 7Episode 7

    18 Jun 2015 · 45 min

    A Sydney mother of six is desperate to find the son she was forced to give up as teenager. Then, hoping to find her father, a young women travels to Japan.

  8. 8Episode 8

    25 Jun 2015 · 45 min

    A man looks for the father who vanished after he was born; a woman seeks her father after being faced with a harsh new reality; and a young woman is desperate to find her father.

  9. 9Episode 9

    02 Jul 2015 · 45 min

    An elderly man longs to find a long lost daughter; a woman searches for the father she's never met; and a young father is desperate to know if his dad wants to reconnect.

  10. 10Episode 10

    09 Jul 2015 · 45 min

    A Maori filmmaker searches for his Irish roots. A mother continues her search to find her father; and there's a surprise in store for a Dunedin man looking for his father.