When Neil Allport left Australia with his 8 year old son Robert – he left his toddler daughter – Jackie Ann Roeser behind.
22 year old Cassandra was raised by her mother Rhapsody – in small town Motueka. Her parents had met when her father, Australian Brett Heard was in New Zealand on a working holiday.
Floral Student, Alice Holly's mother died five years ago and now she is looking for her father Wayne. He used to visit regularly when she was a little girl and even gave her gifts.
Justin, now 41, was too young to remember his father Greg. He last saw him when he was a year old.
33 year old Taara is a mother of two pre-school daughters. She was born in Nelson – the result of a whirlwind romance between her mother Penelope and Fijian Indian Mani Lal.
22 year old Reagan's parents were together when he was born – but not for long.
Shaun Moorcroft was born in Manchester in 1967 and adopted by a family who soon immigrated to New Zealand.
38 year old Shelly's birth parents had been in a relationship for a while when she was conceived.
Kirk, 35 is married with a 2.5 year old son and a baby daughter.
She has never met her mother, now the journey to find Carolyn's mother turns into Missing Pieces' most complex search across England, and unearths a remarkable tale of inheritance.
Born Maori, but raised by an adopted Samoan family, we go on a journey to find Philip's Whanau. Later, the difficult search for Jodie's dad in Australia.
Will a son accept his father as a changed man after a 23-year absence? Plus, Sapphire never got to know her dad and last year Missing Pieces provided the tip off she'd been waiting for.