Original title
David Lomas Investigates
Released
4/14/2020
Origin country
NZ
Genre
Documentary, Family, Mystery
Production companies
NZ on Air, Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
40
Following on from the success of Lost & Found, David Lomas is back in this brand new series for Three, investigating New Zealand's family secrets. David travels across the world to find the answers and to reunite families. Have a box of tissues at the ready!
From the makers of Lost and Found, comes this brand new series. David Lomas spans the globe to solve a number of diverse and complex New Zealand mysteries. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
Lomas uncovers startling new information in the search for the parents of a newborn baby abandoned in a Palmerston North phone box, a case unsolved by police for 57 years.
In Bulgaria, Lomas investigates why a disabled child who went on to become a Paralympic skier, was abandoned in an orphanage after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Wellington chef Richard Halgreen heads to Africa to find the parents Zimbabwean social workers removed him from when he was a toddler.
Martha Magna is trying to find out why her sister's baby son disappeared after his mother died in a suspicious accident in Outback Australia.
Christchurch beautician Jasmine Dupre has not heard from her Spanish father since he was deported for domestic violence when she was a baby.
Daniel never met his father, but wrote to him until a brutal civil war devastated Sierra Leone and he lost all contact. Now Daniel wants to know; did his father survive?
Vanessa was told that her father had died, while Gus also only heard one account of who his father was. Two stories of secrecy and betrayal.
His Grandfather lived a life of mystery, now Perry Hakaraia wants the truth. Lomas finds secrets in China and NZ. Who was the opium dealer from Canton.
A newborn baby abandoned in a derelict Christchurch house, Lorraine wants answers, but Lomas finds much more.
From the makers of Lost and Found, comes this brand new series. David Lomas spans the globe to solve a number of diverse and complex New Zealand mysteries. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
David sets out to help Paula, who was conceived by donor insemination and is desperate to find out who her biological father is.
We meet Julie Corlett, who was devastatingly abandoned as a newborn baby on New Year's Eve. She puts her hope in David Lomas in an attempt to find her parents.
Ricky Dey, 36, is looking for his mother, Sheree Durbin, who he has been told abandoned him as a baby. Walter Smith wants to meet the son he wanted nothing to do with 42 years ago.
Cameron Clayton, an acclaimed award winning country singer, searches for his birth mother. Karyn only learned she was adopted at 40, and somewhere out there are her 3 full sisters.
David is enlisted to help two sets of twins who were separated at birth and are desperate to find answers about their missing sibling.
27-year-old Courtney Boderick wants to find out more about her donor father and 67-year-old Allan McDonnell wants to find the children he was told he fathered as a sperm donor.
Christchurch's Patricia Siataga wants to find her Super Rugby player son Sebastian's biological father, a man whose name she cannot remember.
Wairarapa farmer Rosie Farrier was adopted as a starving baby from a Romanian hospital and wants to find the birth parents who gave her away.
Te Ana Helleur of Taupo and Denna Kelsey of Hamilton are trying to find their fathers, but the men named are not sure they are the dads.
Maori magician, Aperahama Wairau-Mason goes to the remote Mangaia island in Cook group to try and find the biological father he's never known.
Maria Woodbury of Nelson was adopted, while Tracy Riley, Queensland, gave up her son for adoption. Both are looking for answers.
Brian O'Hara of Oamaru is trying to find out what happened to his baby sister who disappeared after his mother died in a car crash near Castlepoint 50 years ago.
David Lomas spans the globe searching for answers to unsolved family mysteries taking viewers on a journey to discover the truth and reconnect with lost relatives and cultural heritage.
Sonali was abandoned at a Mumbai orphanage 47 years ago, she hopes to find her birth mother but is aware of the dangers her birth mother may face in agreeing to meet her.
Wayne is searching for his sister, conceived when his father lived at a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory.The search for a family with a history of revenge.
Kathleen hopes to find the parents that put her up for adoption 48 years ago, but in a dramatic turn of events, will she get a chance to see her biological mother alive?
Orion, is looking for the dad she's never known. Then, June is hoping to find the siblings born in Niue, the children her father never knew.
Kylie last saw her Dad when she was only a few months old, she's told he lives on a remote island, can David find him and will he agree to meet the daughter he left behind?
Peter was brought to NZ on false papers, now he's hoping to find the birth mother he was taken from, then, Teresa is looking for answers and wants to know her whakapapa.
Kathryn spent 50 years trying to find her birth mother only to find that she and another adopted child had been swapped at birth, now she's looking for answers.
The Love Child Lost When Cultures Clashed.
David Lomas spans the globe searching for answers to unsolved family mysteries taking viewers on a journey to discover the truth and reconnect with lost relatives and cultural heritage.
Kiri was born in Romania and adopted to NZ parents. With David's help, Kiri begins her journey to find her biological family before it's too late.
Nikki embarks on a quest to find the father she's never known, hoping to uncover family ties, and her Tongan heritage.
Kiwi adoptee Waiata wants to find her birth father but with very little information to go on its one of David's most challenging cases yet.
Darren Oxley and his family were in the middle of finalising his late mother's affairs, only to discover that he has a sister. Will David and Daren be able to track down they mystery sister?
Rose was abandoned by her parents in a Hong Kong orphanage and adopted to NZ, now supported by her daughters they're looking for answers.
Terezia's parents left two children behind when they emigrated from communist Hungary to New Zealand, now she's searching for the brothers she never knew.
Amanda was adopted from a Vietnamese Orphanage as a baby and hopes to find birth family, fifty years later she returns and is amazed at what she discovers.
Roddy from Napier was abandoned in Brazil when he was three years old, now, he's desperate for answers and hoping to find his birth family.
David Lomas spans the globe searching for answers to unsolved family mysteries taking viewers on a journey to discover the truth and reconnect with lost relatives and cultural heritage.
At age 9 Justina was adopted from Lithuania after her birth mother was deemed unfit to care for her. Now she wants to reconnect but will she find what she's hoping for?
Tammy was adopted from Mexico as baby and wants to find her biological family, David uncovers a shocking truth about her adoption.
Peter's mother was murdered by his father when he was a toddler. Almost 50 years on Peter wants to find his father and Greek family he's never known.
Tony has spent years searching for his birth father, now with the help of DNA, David hopes to crack the mystery and reunite him with the family he's never known.
Born in Honduras George has never known his New Zealand family, now Sue wants to find him before it's too late.
Adopted from the Philippines, Melanie wants to find her birth father, but it could be one of two men.
Lewen has been trying to find her birth mother for most of her life, but does her mother want to be found?
Molly's dad left Northern Ireland to escape violence but what dark secrets also left him isolated from his siblings?
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