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About the show
Kirsty Johnston follows Sarah as she hunts for her biological mother, who turns out to have been an institutionalised mental health patient in Porirua Hospital. And that's only the start of the story.
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What to Listen to Next: The Sound Of My Father
April 29, 2026 · 45 minIf you're after another podcast about the search for family members, the new RNZ podcast The Sound Of My Father is for you. When documentary maker Rita Attwood discovers a cassette tape with a 60-year-old, unheard recording on it, she sets…
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What to Listen to Next: The Lodge
August 14, 2025 · 39 minHost of Nellie's Baby, Kirsty Johnston, introduces you to your next binge listen - RNZ podcast The Lodge. What began as a promising sanctuary for healing in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful locations, became the epicentre of a double…
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Black Sheep: The story of New Zealand's Mental Institutions
March 31, 2024 · 41 minThe last of the so-called 'lunatic asylums' closed only 20 years ago. They were founded on ideas of paternalism and social progress and survived on the basis they offered safety. In this special crossover with the Black Sheep podcast…
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I'd like to find a sister
March 21, 2024 · 37 minKirsty tries to find out if Nellie did have another baby, and where that baby might be, but gets stuck in a kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucracy. Sarah reflects on her journey to find Nellie. We talk to a disability expert about what…
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What happened to Nellie?
March 20, 2024 · 48 minNellie's coronial file reveals more about her death - and her life. There are badly healed broken bones, a skin graft, evidence of a fall three days before she died in which she broke her nose. Was her death malicious? Or was it just…
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Annemarie
March 19, 2024 · 41 minKirsty and Sarah go to see Mavis, Nellie's sister, who tells them that she thinks Nellie was raped, which led to her breakdown and incarceration. Mavis tells Sarah about the day she was born, and how the family wanted to keep her but…
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My daughter, Sarah
March 18, 2024 · 39 minSarah goes to meet Gordon. We learn that he can remember Nellie, and remembers being caught with her in the bushes. Gordon tells us about his time at the asylum, and Sarah takes him on an outing where they spend time together. To see more…
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A trip to the asylum
March 17, 2024 · 34 minThe mystery relative turns out to be Sharon, her father's sister. She decides to fly to Australia to meet her newly-discovered niece. Sharon tells us how her family was extremely poor and her mother, Thelma had all her children taken from…