Name: Black Coast Vanishings
Released: 2023-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Crime

In March 2020, a French teenager was last seen walking into a remote coastal village in New Zealand before disappearing without a trace. He isn’t the first to vanish like this. Since 1992, six people have gone missing in and around Piha, a small and otherwise idyllic settlement. Nobody has ever been found. No case has been solved.

2023 · 44m

Director Candida Beveridge, Megan Jones

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Piha is a picture-perfect small coastal town in New Zealand, full of diverse characters. But the town hides a more sinister face - an underbelly filled with drugs, gangs and fast cars... Now, six people are missing.

44 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

The search for Éloi leads to suspicions of foul play. Evidence emerges of traps laid in the bush by drug growers protecting their illegal crops and locals admit that some people come to Piha to hide from the law.

44 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

There's new evidence that the investigation into Iraena's disappearance has been rushed: the police never sent a patrol car when she called for help. A group of Piha women hold a meeting and multiple stories of stalking emerge. More than one of these accounts identifies the same car. Could there be a serial killer on the loose?

44 min
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Éloi's parents finally get to New Zealand and retrace their son's steps to Piha. Quentin's stepfather starts his own investigation and meets people who never spoke to the police.

43 min