10 Sep 2025

Man believes he saw Tom Phillips three times

From Checkpoint, 5:11 pm on 10 September 2025

A Taupō man is convinced he saw Tom Phillips three times while spending over 1000 hours searching for him. Leon Wood covered close to 20,000 km during his search, logging his movements as he went. Leon Wood spoke to Lisa Owen.

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