MAN: I was put into state care when I was 3�. (TENSE MUSIC) Was it my fault that they adopted me out? It's just been a burden on me. (HORN TOOTS) Have you tried to find your mother? I'm a bit hesitant. I don't know anything, really, about my father. Do you know where Jeff Halgreen lives? (DOG BARKS) It's been 30 years. I just want to know the answer. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 (AEROPLANE ENGINES RUMBLE) I'm David Lomas. I've flown to Wellington on my way to meet 33-year-old chef Richard Halgreen. He's trying to unlock the secrets of his African past. So, what's your story? Well, I was born in Zimbabwe, and I was put in state care when I was 3�. So how can I help you? I'm trying to find my father, Jeff Halgreen, and maybe my mother. I just want to know why I was adopted out, cos it's been on my mind for a very long time, and I just want to get some answers. (POIGNANT PIANO MUSIC) When Richard was 15, his Zimbabwean foster parents formally adopted him so he could move to New Zealand with them. Now a proud Kiwi, six years ago he married Cambodian Ly Kheng, who, like Richard, now calls New Zealand home. Yeah, we'll go the slide. EXCITEDLY: Slide. Their son, Zachary, is nearly 3 ` about the same age Richard was when he last saw his parents. Richard has a strong bond with Zachary and cannot imagine ever being parted from him. Your adoptive parents, what did they tell you about what happened? They told me that they came to the state care and picked me up. They had also adopted my older sister, and my youngest sister, Belinda, and supposedly, we were from the same mother but different fathers. Richard's guardians ` Jerry Schultz, an IT expert, and his wife Robin, who has since died ` moved to New Zealand in 2001, seeking a safer place to raise their children. The couple were always supportive of Richard finding the birth parents that he has no memory of. What do you know about your birth father? I don't know anything, really, about my father. I don't have any pictures of him. I just want to know where he is, what he's doing. Your mum, do you want to meet her? I do want to meet my mum, but... I'm also a bit... hesitant. My older sister, she has met my biological mother, and she's told me that she's not a very nice lady, in a way. She asked to borrow money. After so many years, that's the first thing she said to my sister. Six years ago, Richard got his sister to pass his phone number to their mother, hoping she would call him. And I still haven't heard anything from her. So now he's seeking answers. I just want to find out why I was adopted out. Was it my fault they adopted me out? It's just been a burden on me for quite a while now. I just want to know the answer. I know there must have been a good reason. I just want to know what that reason is. Richard isn't the first adoptee that I've helped who has had feelings of guilt and uncertainty. They often wonder if it wasn't something they did that prompted a parent who had raised them for a number of years to give them up. Richard hopes finding his mother or father will give him an answer. Back in Auckland, I reflect on this country's changing population. One in four New Zealanders is now born overseas. In recent years, more than 80,000 ` including Richard ` have arrived here from southern Africa. South Africans came fleeing rampant violent crime, while 8000 Zimbabweans arrived after white farmers there were driven from their land, causing the local economy to collapse. In such a troubled part of the world, I wonder what happened to Richard's birth parents. (INTRIGUING MUSIC) At the office, I try the phone number Richard had for his birth mother, Johanna Owens, but it's no longer active. The number you have called is not connected. Johanna's last known occupation was a teacher at a central Harare primary school, so I search Google Maps and identify likely schools and email them. (CURIOUS MUSIC) Then I turn my attention to Richard's father. On Facebook, there is no Jeff Halgreen in Zimbabwe, but I see two in neighbouring countries Zambia and South Africa, and I message them. Two days later, I'm rewarded. A teacher calling herself Aunty Ruvimbo sends me a message. She says Johanna has no phone but that she will pass on my message. Also, one of the Jeff Halgreens has replied, but he tells me he's not my man. There's nothing from the other Jeff, so I start trying to contact him via his Facebook friends. (TENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) Weeks pass, and I'm seemingly getting nowhere. But finally, there's a cryptic reply from Johanna's friend Aunty Ruvimbo. However, it's enough. So I head to Wellington, with a plan that I need Richard to agree to. (ENGINES RUMBLE) Finding your parents again, how do you feel about how they treated you in Zimbabwe? Uh, at the beginning, when I first found out that I was adopted out, I really wasn't very happy, and I did have hard feelings. But I've kind of forgiven them for doing that to me. Your parents ` your mother and your father ` are both very hard to find. And I have a bit of good news and one iffy piece of news. (CHUCKLES) All right. The good news is possibility not the one you really wanted, but I've sort of found your mother. So, she's in Zimbabwe, and she may meet you if you are there. Your father,... I'm pretty sure I know who he is, and probably where he is, but he's just very hard to get hold of. Oh, OK. So, what I'd like to do, is if you're happy, is I'd like to take you to Zimbabwe to meet your mum. Yep. South Africa, where I think your dad is, we'll go searching there. Ah, OK. Would you be happy to do that? Yeah, I'll be more than happy to meet my family ` my mum and dad. Or my mum. If you can't find my dad, my mum. I'd still be super happy to see them. I'd be, like, over the moon to meet them. I can pack my bags now if you want me to. (CHUCKLES) (INSPIRING MUSIC) Seven weeks later, we land in Zimbabwe. We're heading to Harare, the capital, where Richard was born. Zimbabwe was, for many years, considered the breadbasket of southern Africa. But 37 years of rule by the late controversial president Robert Mugabe plunged the country into severe economic decline, and millions of its citizens now live in extreme poverty. (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) Harare, with a population of two million, is a noisy, bustling place. It's 18 years since Richard was last year, so I leave him to explore his old home town while I try to arrange to meet his mother. The last time Johanna would have heard anything official about Richard was when Zimbabwe Social Services contacted her and Jeff to get the OK for Richard to be taken to New Zealand. It's a gamble bringing Richard here without knowing for certain if his mother will see him. I call Johanna's friend to check how things are. (RINGING TONE) Hello, is it Aunty Ruvimbo? Yes, Aunty Ru speaking. Hi, it's David Lomas here, the guy from New Zealand. I'm in Harare now. I was wondering if you'd had a chance yet to talk to Johanna or Joey about meeting me. Yes, David. Thank you for calling. I have had a chance to tell her, um, and she's ready to meet you. Oh, great. C-C-Could we do it today? We have a meeting, but nothing is yet certain regarding Richard. Aunty Ruvimbo explains to me that Johanna's living conditions are complicated, that she has little money, and boards with a family in exchange for doing housework. But they have strict rules and may not let her meet her son. I arrange to meet Aunty Ruvimbo and Johanna later today at my hotel. Thank you so much. It's been very kind of you to help us. OK. Bye. I head back downtown to catch up with Richard. You must be excited to be back to the country you were born in. Yeah, no. I'm chuffed I'm back here. Definitely living up to my expectations. You're here hoping to meet your birth mother. Back in New Zealand, you weren't quite so keen on that idea. Yeah. No, um, well, yes, I wasn't keen on seeing her in New Zealand, but everyone's been telling me that it's been so many years. People do change ` to a good, to a bad. You don't know until you go and find out, I guess. Given Richard's now cautious optimism about letting his birth mother back into his life, I'm hoping that if I can get Johanna to meet him, she will not disappoint, and as with his sister, just see him as a way to get money. Wellington chef Richard Halgreen is in Harare in Zimbabwe, trying to find his birth parents. Richard's birth mother, Johanna Owens, and a work friend, Aunty Ruvimbo, have agreed to meet me back at my hotel. I'm hoping for Richard's sake that the bad stories he's heard about Johanna are not true. But in a phone call earlier, Aunty Ruvimbo warned me about Johanna's unusual living conditions, and that has me curious and cautious. Hello, are you Johanna? Yes, I am. Hello, I'm David. I'm Joey, Johanna. Lovely to meet you. And you must be Aunty Ruvimbo. Yes. (CHUCKLES) Thank you for all your help. Well, as you know, your son Richard is looking for you. Why did you guys end up apart? I was young. I was about 20, 20, 22, somewhere around there. And I was not working. I was on the social welfare. Yes. OK? And I didn't get much money. He was still a baby. He was about five months, and then Halgreen, the father, went to the social welfare and reported me to say I'm an unfit mother. And your children were taken off you by Zimbabwe Social Welfare? Yes. Did you know that he had gone to New Zealand? Yeah. Over the years, had you thought about him? I thought, um` I thought that he's gone to New Zealand, I will never ever get in contact with him. I will never ever see him in my life. Back when your children were taken away from you, were you a bad mother? No, I wasn't a bad mother. I tried my best to look after my kids. They were, you know, dressed, they fed. They had everything that they wanted. Johanna has five children, each with a different father. She did not raise any of them, and none now keep in contact with her. And when your good friend Aunty Ruvimbo contacted you to say that Richard was trying to come here, what was that like? (SORROWFUL MUSIC) I can see it's quite emotional for you. She always` She would always tell me about 'my kids', and 'when I was young, they were taken from me'. And so, yeah, it was something that really touched me as well. I actually thought, 'Thank God one of my children, um... 'really thought about me and decided I am his real mother, 'and he loved me.' It seems like it that he's forgiven me what happened in the past. I'm not quite sure that he's got there yet, but he certainly wants to meet you and hear your side of the story. Well, Richard's done a video message, which he's asked me to show you. Would you like to see him? All right, well... Well, if you just hit that little black bar there, that's your boy now. (CHUCKLES) (BUTTON CLICKS) (AMBIENT MUSIC) (INHALES, SNIFFLES) Hi, I'm Richard. I'm your son. I've been living in New Zealand for the last 18 years now. I'm married now with a beautiful wife and a little 2�-year-old son now. Hopefully you agree to meet me, because I'd love to meet you,... just so I could find out how my life was before I got adopted out to my foster parents. Hope you are well, and hope to hear from you soon. (MOVING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC) (CHUCKLES GENTLY) (WEEPS) It's OK. (SNIFFLES) He's grown now. He's a big boy. (CHUCKLES) It's OK. (INHALES) I'm really happy for you. You have a chance to meet him. Yeah. So, that's Richard. What do you think of him? He's great. He's grown, and I'm proud of him. (GENTLE MUSIC) What would you like to say to him? Well, I just want to tell him I would like to be in his life, and if he can accept me the way I am, and... help me, I will be proud of him, you know, that I don't suffer like this any more. Johanna is 55, and life has been hard for her. The family that now helps support her fostered one of her sons. She's now employed by the family on condition that she does not contact her son or seek money from him. Johanna has not told the family she is here, as they would not be happy about her meeting another of her sons. I head to get Richard. He last saw Johanna when he was 3, but has no memory of that. 30 years later, he's apprehensive about seeing his birth mother again. You've been told some things that are a little bit dubious about her. That's true. What is your concern? I don't know. Um... I'm just scared that she's, kind of, at first she's going to be all right, but then after a while, she's gonna try, you know, I don't know, ask me for things that I might not be able to provide, you know what I mean? Yeah. I've just got to tell you that she's not in the healthiest financial situation. I mean, life's been a bit tough for her. Yeah. So, are you happy to go and see her? Yeah, I'm` I'm happy. Happy to see her. Her friend Aunty Ruvimbo has come with her. Aunty Ruvimbo. Yeah. So, if you would just walk up there and just follow the path and just go around the corner, she's standing by a tree. You'll see them standing there. OK. (CHUCKLES) Good luck. Thank you. (SLOW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC) (BIRDS CHIRP) (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) (CHUCKLES) (ORCHESTRAL MUSIC BUILDS) Hey, Joey. (AUNTY RUVIMBO CHUCKLES) (GASPS) How are you? I'm fine. I'm your mother. (CHUCKLES) Aunty Ruvimbo? Hello. How are you? It's nice to meet you. Thank you. That's good. I heard you're a teacher. Yeah. Great. What are you teaching? English. English. Yeah, I'm teacher of little ones. Oh, yeah. Still, it's all good. Yeah. So... (CHUCKLES) Salary is not good, but I still survive with a little bit of money when I finish paying my rent. Yeah. $70 doesn't get you anywhere. Yeah. Well, I'm a chef up where I am. Yeah, but I'm still surviving, battling on my own anyway, so... Well, you got a` I don't know if you know, but you've got a grandson now. I took some photos. I have got a recent one where he's a little bit bigger now. Yeah. As Richard proudly talks about his family, Johanna stuns him with a request. After 30 years of not seeing each other, just minutes into their meeting, Johanna's first question to her son was exactly what he was warned about. But after leaving our 250-degree ovens, the only hands that touch them are yours. Try any large pizza from just 15 bucks delivered with Zero Contact Delivery. (GLOOMY MUSIC) Richard Halgreen is in Harare, Zimbabwe, and has been reunited with his mother, Johanna Owens. I'm your mother. Yeah. But just moments after their first meeting, she wants money from him. Is it possible, if you can, if you want, if you can just send me a little bit of cash? Richard was warned about this but was not expecting her to be so brazen. I was really shocked that she asked me for money within a few minutes of seeing me. I thought she would have been more interested in knowing about my family and what I've been up to the last 30 years. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Richard maintains his composure as they share afternoon tea and start to get to know each other. (ALL CHUCKLE) So, that's your grandson. Oh, sweet. Oh, sweet. (CHUCKLES) And with long hair. With long hair. Looks like a girl. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) But Johanna only stays just over an hour. She has obligations to the family that she boards with but tells Richard she will return tomorrow. Oh, yes. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Yes, getting there. The next morning, Johanna does not show up. I try Aunty Ruvimbo, but there's no reply. (RINGING TONE) Then an hour later, Aunty Ruvimbo arrives,... but on her own. Hello, Richard. How are you? I'm good. Yes. Um... I've just come to tell you that Aunty Joey has said she's very sorry. She can't make it today. It's a bit difficult for her to get away from home. Mm. Yes. But she said thank you very much for this opportunity to just get to meet you again, and she'd like to have your number, if it's OK. (PIANO MUSIC) Richard is flying out today, heading to South Africa. He's joining me to search for his father, and this was his last chance to see his mother again. It's kind of disappointing. I was hoping to see her just before I went, so` I still had a couple more questions I want to ask her. I can she is struggling a lot with everything, with life. I am glad that she was able to come see me and I was able to meet her. It just gives me that clearance. I've actually met my mother now. I know what she looks like. Richard's meeting with his mother ended on a flat note. He was disappointed he didn't get to ask her why she had given him up. I'm hoping he'll get those answers if I can find his father. According to what Johanna told me, it was Jeff who turned their son over to the state. If that's the case, did he do it out of love or were there other reasons? That afternoon we fly two hours south and touch down in Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city. (LIVELY MUSIC) It's a vibrant place of over 13 million people, developed around gold and diamond mining. But the wealth divide here is stark. Driving through chaotic downtown Joburg, I've been warned that there is a carjacking every hour in this city. But just a few kilometres away, on what was once the city's outskirts, it's a different world. Sandton is the new business hub. It's where the wealthy live, work and play. I'm staying here as I try to track down Richard's birth father, Jeff Halgreen. I'm hoping that he's the Jeff Halgreen living in South Africa that I've seen on social media. That Jeff has not replied to my messages, but while in Zimbabwe, I did get one reply to the many messages I sent to his friends. A man called Shane said that I'm on the right track and that he would try and get me an address. Today Shane sent me a message requesting I call him. Oh, hi, Shane, it's David Lomas from New Zealand here. I'm in Johannesburg now, and I was just wondering if you'd had any luck tracking down Jeff at all. Uh, no, not really, but I do know he's living in a caravan park somewhere near downtown Joburg. In a caravan park? Yeah. He's been staying there a while, I think. I don't have his address, but a while ago, he gave me a GPS pin for the closest point, I think, that you can see on GPS. So not an actual address, but the caravan park's just near there? Yeah, it's a couple of hundred meters away. All right, look. Thank you. I head across town to the location he suggested. I want to see if there's a caravan park nearby. The GPS pin starts me at a roadside stall. Up that way? I walk through a once prosperous suburb. There's barbed wire here, but this is no safe, gated community. Finally, at the end of a road, I come across a park area. It's grandly called the Royal Bezuidenhout Caravan Park. Hello. Do you know where Jeff Halgreen lives? Jeff? Halgreen. But I quickly discover it's less of a caravan park,... (DOG BARKS) ...more of a squatter's village. The residents here have clearly fallen on tough times. Do you know where Jeff Halgreen lives? Jeff Halgreen. I don't know his surname. I know a Jeff. Yeah? You don't know which one he lives in? Yes. See my caravan there? Yeah. One over. Over that way? Thank you. The place I am directed to is nothing more than an old caravan linked to a couple of tents by an old tarpaulin. But I suspect I'm in the right place when I see a name on an old drum. Richard's mother was clearly struggling financially. But if this is where Richard's father lives, his situation may well be worse. Ah, yeah. That makes sense. You've been looking at shoes for hours. Yeah. Shoes. MAN: You've got stuff to do. (INTRIGUING MUSIC) I'm in Johannesburg, South Africa, with Kiwi Richard Halgreen, hoping to find his father, Jeff Halgreen, and to get him to meet his son. I've been directed to the place Jeff is living, in a caravan park in the heart of the old part of the city. Under the apartheid system, most white people had a very privileged position. But in the new South Africa, many of them are finding out firsthand what life for the impoverished is really like. Hello. Hello. I was trying to get hold of Jeff Halgreen. That's me. Oh, hello, Jeff. My name's David Lomas. I'm from New Zealand. Hi, David. Your son Richard, who lives in New Zealand, is trying to find you. Does that make sense to you? Yeah. Well, I'd actually given up expecting to hear from him. As soon as he moved to New Zealand, I didn't hear I'd hear from him again. Well, he couldn't find you, so he asked me to help, and he's done a bit of a video message for you. Is there anywhere I could sit down and show you that? Well, it's a bit cramped in there. If we can sit out here? OK. You can sit there. I'll bring the chair out. OK, that's great. Thanks. So, you know Richard's in New Zealand. Well, I know he had left for New Zealand. 'Richard's mother, Johanna, told me that she was with Jeff for four years and that Richard was taken 'from her when Jeff reported her to Zimbabwe's Social Services for being an unfit mother. 'I'm interested to hear Jeff's side of the story.' When did you last see your son? Oh, I can't remember when it was, what year, but he was still a youngster then. So, why did you get separated from Richard? I was out in the bush. I had an alluvial gold mine on the go that I was trying to develop. Yeah. And, of course, the children needed to go to school, so I left them in Harare. I had him and his sister boarding with some other people while they were attending school, and then the welfare department deemed it fit to take his sister away from him and leave him with his grandfather. because they said where I left him wasn't good enough. So, I figured at that time, 'Well, look, I don't see why the two siblings should be separated in such a nasty way,' so I arranged with the social welfare to take Richie from his grandfather and put him with his sister, so at least the siblings could be together. And then I figured it wouldn't be long before I could organise my life properly that I could get them back with his mother and myself. But as things turned out, with welfare giving so much problems and that, I couldn't get them back. And so they were going to move to New Zealand. What happened? So I figured, 'OK. Well, there's a two-way thing here. 'They're more attached to their foster parents than they were to me, 'because they hardly knew me and their mother, 'and they got a much better chance at getting a decent future for themselves 'if they were in New Zealand rather than here in Zimbabwe.' When I walked in here and said that your son was looking for you, that must have been quite a surprise. I was very much surprised. You know, that's the sort of thing you see happening in movies. It doesn't happen in real life. Well, Richard's done a message, which he's asked me to show you. Would you like to see him, see what he's got to say? I'd like to see what he's got to say. If you would just hit that black button there, that'll be him talking to you. Hi, I'm Richard. I'm your son. I've been living in New Zealand for the last 18 years now. I'm married now with a beautiful wife and a little young boy ` 2�-year-old son ` now. Hopefully you'll agree to meet me, cos I'd love to meet you. Hope you are well and hope to hear from you soon. So, that's your son. So it's 18 years. Time flies. I didn't realize it was that long. Did you recognise him? No. The last time I saw him, he was so small. He's grown up. Well, I've actually brought Richard here to South Africa. Would you be happy to meet him tomorrow? I'd love to meet him tomorrow. Knowing how it ended up for you, are you glad you're son went to New Zealand? I think that was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life. Put it this way ` even if I never heard from him again, at least I know in New Zealand he had a future for himself, whereas in Zimbabwe or South Africa, there's no future for him. Look, I'm not really an emotional person, but it's bringing tears to my eyes. That's how happy I am. (POIGNANT PIANO MUSIC) (BIRDSONG) I never thought this day would happen. Born in South Africa, Jeff lived for most of his life in Zimbabwe, but lost his citizenship there when Robert Mugabe tightened regulations on foreign-born residents. With no documentation, Jeff could not get a new South African passport, so he was stuck in no man's land and had to bribe his way back into South Africa eight years ago. A mechanic and truck driver by trade, Jeff now gets occasional work making props for movie sets. He's been with his current partner for five years. That afternoon, I meet Richard in nearby downtown Johannesburg. It is the old hub of this once prosperous mining city,... but it is the area that the rich have fled. The central city, with the famous Ellis Park rugby ground on the fringe, is now largely a black, middle class area. Richard was warned about his mother's financial circumstances, but he will not be expecting to find his father living so rough. So, you last saw him when? (SIGHS) I think it's just before I got adopted out, when I was 3�. And what are you hoping for, if I can find him? I just want to know what he looks like, what he's actually like. Yeah. Yeah. In general. Well, I've found your dad. Oh, OK. He's living here in Johannesburg ` actually not very far from here ` and he's quite excited to meet you. That's great. That's good news. That's good news. But I have to warn you, he lives in quite impoverished circumstances. All right. His father was the person Richard most wanted to see, but after the meeting with his mother ended on a sour note, is Richard prepared for what might happen next? But after leaving our 250-degree ovens, the only hands that touch them are yours. Try any large pizza from just 15 bucks delivered with Zero Contact Delivery. Richard Halgreen did not think he would ever see his birth parents again after he was adopted in Zimbabwe and then moved to New Zealand. I've found his father, Jeff Halgreen, living in a rundown caravan park. Jeff Halgreen? Today, in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the first time in 30 years, father and son will meet. To set up the meeting, I head to Jeff's work ` a company that makes movie props. Hi, is Jeff here? OK. Well, Richard's going to meet you shortly. What do you think you'll say to him when you meet him? Well, I'd actually like to apologise to him for the way things worked out, but ask him did they work out OK for him, as I was hoping they would. Richard's your only child, isn't he? That's right. So this must be very big for you. It is. You know, a part of me gone and I didn't know to where. I thought I'd never see him again. Well, I'll go and get him, and I'll bring him down, and I'll get you to wait just by that yellow gate there, and I'll send him down to meet you. Super. All right. I can't wait. We'll see you in a couple of minutes. It's time for Richard to meet his birth father ` the man whose surname he has proudly used all his life. After an awkward meeting with his birth mother, Richard is understandably anxious. So, you're just about to meet your dad. I've just been down talking to him. He's extremely nervous. How are you feeling? I feeling double nerv` I think I'm feeling twice as nervous as him. And what do you think you'll do? Probably just go up and give him a handshake, really. I don't know if I could actually give him a hug. (CHUCKLES) I don't think I'm that comfortable in doing that. All right. Well, if you just come with me. What I'm going to get you to do is walk around that corner over there, and just down by some yellow gates, that'll be your dad, and go and say hello to him. All right. All right. Well, good luck. Thank you. Off you go. (MOVING PIANO MUSIC) How crazy. (ORCHESTRAL MUSIC BUILDS) (CHUCKLES) How are things? It's good to finally meet you. It's been a while. It's too long. Way too long. So weird meeting you. (CHUCKLES) New Zealand treating you good? Yeah. I love it there. I got a wife and son out there now. Yeah? Yeah. Glad to hear that. Yeah. I've missed you a lot. Never thought I'd meet you again. I never thought I was gonna actually ever come to see you again. I didn't know whatever happened to you. I never received any letters or anything, really. I didn't know how to contact you. And plus, with me moving as well,... Yeah. ...there's no way you could have contacted me direct. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, we're here now, so hopefully we can get in contact more often, if it's all right with you, somehow. Of course. It's great to see you, yeah. 'I was really nervous walking down there, but, I think, once I actually got to shake his hand,' I kind of for some reason, my nerves kind of, slowly kind of vanished. I felt more comfortable in a way. I don't know how to explain it. But it was great getting to actually meet him and shake his hand. It makes me feel good inside. I feel like I'm on top of the world now. The best thing that happened to me. And I'm glad he's turned out to actually be, I'd say, a gentleman. Richard felt an immediate closeness to his father. That evening they played pool and shared a few beers. (ENCHANTING MUSIC) The next night, at the airport before Richard flies out, father and son meet again. (CHUCKLES) In contrast to Richard's meeting with his mother, Jeff doesn't ask Richard for anything. Instead, Jeff, who has so little, has something he wants to give to his son. (CHUCKLES) Yeah. 25 years. (CHUCKLES) 25 years, just to get his own watch. Hopefully it can still stay in the family for many generations. I do feel a bit sad that I've met them in the condition that they're in. But I am glad that they're both still alive, and I've actually been able to see both of them. Since returning to New Zealand, Richard says he loves his father, and they message as often as they can. Richard and his mother were in touch just once. He's not sure how much contact they will have in the future. I feel privileged, and I feel extremely lucky to be in the position that I am, and the way I live now. I am happy. I am very happy, to be honest. My sister died in Australia in a car crash. A suspicious accident in outback Australia. What happened with Stuart? Why did Martha's sister's baby son disappear? WOMAN ON TELEPHONE: Uh, never heard of him. What really happened to little Stuart and his mother? MAN: She fell out of the truck or maybe he pushed her out. You don't have a brother called Stuart. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 Supporting local content so you can see more of New Zealand on air.