Lost & Found is a new ten part documentary series that sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage. Each week seasoned investigative journalist David Lomas, along with a specialist search team of genealogists and researchers, tackles the cases of up to three seekers who are on an emotional journey to discover their family members and cultural pasts that they have not been connected to. Lost & Found is real, raw and - at times - heartbreaking as each episode showcases a basic primal need – just how important it is to know who we are and where we’ve come from. Tissues advised.
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This New Zealand documentary series sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage.
10 episodes
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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minAn 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.
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minThis New Zealand documentary series sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage.
10 episodes
A Temuka man's emotional search for his Fijian Indian father and the cultural heritage he knows nothing of. Then, a Nelson real estate agent seeks the father she has never met.
Runtime: 45 minA Takaka woman returns to Romania to try and find the mother who gave her away. Then, a former Auckland street kid tries to find the son he fathered while living rough.
Runtime: 45 minSouth Island brothers try to find the father who walked out on them 32 years ago. Then, A Waikato grandmother who was addicted to drugs seeks the mother who abandoned her as a baby.
Runtime: 45 minHamilton twin sisters seek the Dad who they've never known. Then, a woman forcibly removed from her parents because they were lepers, travels to Kuala Lumpur in search of her sister.
Runtime: 45 minA Napier woman returns to Russia in search of the parents who placed her in an orphanage 20 years ago. Then, a Maori woman raised by Pakeha parents seeks to find her whanau.
Runtime: 45 minLied to for 35 years, Samoan born Levin, goes in search of his son. Later, told her father was a criminal, now this fitness instructor is determined to learn the truth.
Runtime: 45 minAn Auckland man raised by his father's family searches for his mother. Then, a woman searches for her brother after her parents separated them 36 years ago.
Runtime: 45 minA Nelson family searches for answers in Austria about a mystery love child from WWII. Then, a man looks for the father he has not seen in 33 years.
Runtime: 45 minThis week sees a shock revelation in a woman's search to find her American birth father. Later, a Whitianga woman seeks the father who has been absent from her life for 38 years.
Runtime: 45 minA 21-year-old woman flies to Bali to look for her family. Later, a Dunedin man searches for his birth father and cultural heritage after being adopted as a baby.
Runtime: 45 minThis New Zealand documentary series sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage.
3 episodes
Taken at birth, the search for Isabelle's mother. Then, she never got to say goodbye to her son who was given up for adoption, now Gina is battling cancer, is it too late to find him?
Runtime: 45 minShe never knew her Dad, but he was a well-known entertainer. Will Caroline be prepared for what she finds? Then, he left his daughter in the UK, could it be too late to make amends?
Runtime: 45 minA 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.
Runtime: 45 minThis New Zealand documentary series sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage.
10 episodes
Andrei from Christchurch was adopted in Romania as a baby and is now seeking to find his birth parents. Can David Lomas help track them down?
Runtime: 45 minRawiri was given up for adoption at birth and is looking for his mother, and a stay at home mum is looking for her Dutch father who was never part of her life.
Runtime: 45 minAlison wants to find her birth mother, but a message left on a missing person website turns her life upside down. And Shannon met his dad once when he was eight. Where is he now?
Runtime: 45 minAfter being sent to a Russian orphanage, Vika is desperate to know why her mother abandoned her. Plus, an ex-gang member wants to find his father.
Runtime: 45 minMike wants to be reunited with the son he abandoned, but no one was expecting what David Lomas finds. Then, Daniel is looking for his dad. After twenty years, has he left it too late?
Runtime: 45 minKatie longs to find the father she's never known, but will he be willing to meet her? Later, a broken childhood left Calvin to grow up without his mother, now he's searching for answers.
Runtime: 45 minThis local documentary series sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage.
Runtime: 45 minThis local documentary series sets about reuniting families, uncovering cultural identity and discovering lost family heritage.
Runtime: 45 minMaryanne has seen her mother once. 50 years later, she desperately wants to be reunited. Then, Lisa's father has always paid child support, but they have never met.
Runtime: 45 minDavid's initial search for Kate's birth father came to a devastating end. Now, after life changing events, she is desperate to try again.
Runtime: 45 min