Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web follows adoptee Charlotte Dawson on a quest to find her birth mother. The TV presenter returned to New Zealand from Sydney to host 2002 panel show How’s Life? Amidst a busy schedule of events and photo shoots, she catches up with the mother who brought her up, and gets investigative help from private investigator and author Julia Hartley Moore. In this excerpt from the documentary, Dawson tracks down her original birth certificate, and has a heartfelt moment discovering her birth mother's name for the  first time. The future Next Top Model host died in Sydney in February 2014.

Because I want to have children soon and, I think, for me, especially at my age now [37] I want to know my DNA … it's mostly for that sort of reason: the health issue.

– Dawson on being asked why she wants to find her birth mother

Key Cast & Crew

Charlotte Dawson

Subject

Samuel Richards

Sound Mix

Julian Boshier

Cinematographer

Matt McPhail

Director

Wendyl Nissen

Producer

Craig Lindsay

Editor