One year on and it's still not known how Tom Phillips hid his children in the bush of Waikato's west coast for four years. Phillips died following a shootout with police after they were called to ...

Inquiry uncovered missed opportunities and failures by New Zealand police and government agencies that may have avoided four-year hunt ...

An Oranga Tamariki office whose handling of a baby's death was the subject of a scathing internal review also managed the Tom Phillips case, RNZ can reveal. The agency says it's made a number of ...

Lillian Hanly reports on reaction to Tom Phillips inquiry (3 min 49 sec) Less than three months after disappearing with his children for the first time, Tom Phillips did it again. A public inquiry ...

The man wore camouflage gear, a long beard protruding below a mask. His features were hidden, but when New Zealand police saw the video showing three figures walking behind him, one name came ...

It was a shocking and violent end to a mystery that gripped a small nation for years: A fugitive father killed in front of his child, a police officer shot in the head, and two young children found ...

You can read the full report at the bottom of this page. A public inquiry into the handling of the Tom Phillips case says the harm he caused in isolating the children as well as concerns from the ...