The stories behind New Zealand's missing people

While hundreds of people go missing in New Zealand every year, most of the time it only takes a few days or weeks before they return or Police track them down. 

However, sadly for some families, their loved ones never return home. 

And dozens of these missing persons cases from 1957 to 2023 remain open and active across Aotearoa. 

Senior crime and justice reporter Anna Leask has covered many of these files in her podcasts, A Moment in Crime and Chasing Ghosts, and has gone through the records to detail many of the country’s current active inquiries.  

She joins us today on The Front Page to explain what constitutes a missing person, and what happens when a body is never found.  

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