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New Zealand Fugitive Spotted with Missing Children After Years on the Run
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Tom Phillips, a New Zealand fugitive, and his three children (Ember, 8, Maverick, 9, and Jayda, 11) have been on the run since December 2021, when they disappeared from their family home. Phillips is believed to have taken his children into the bush in the western Waikato region, where they have been hiding and camping. Despite multiple police searches and helicopter operations, the family had evaded capture until last Thursday, when they were spotted by a group of teenage pig hunters, who filmed the encounter on their phones.
Our focus is very much on the safe return of Jayda, Maverick and Ember to their whānau [family] and we are doing all that we can to make that happen.
We know it will be reassuring for the children's wider family.
While we cannot go into detail, we want to reassure the public that we have the resources in place to respond to any information or reports of sightings that come in.
We believe that Tom and the children are being assisted and we're urging anyone who's doing this to please stop, do the right thing and tell police what you know.
