This morning the news broke that fugitive Tom Phillips has been shot and killed by police.
Tom Phillips went on the run in 2021, taking his three children with him into remote King Country bush around Marokopa.
At the time the children, Jayda, Maverick and Ember were 8, 7 and 5 respectively, they are now 12, 10 and 9.
One of his children has been taken into custody, police are actively searching for the other two. RNZ reporter Libby Kirkby-McCleod spoke to Jesse.
Police are seeking information about a quad bike which was reported stolen from a Marokopa Road property in Te Anga on 2 November and is believed to have been driven south by Tom Phillips and one of his children. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police
