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Thomas Phillips search: Surf Lifesaving on how water search works
Twenty surf lifesavers and a fleet of inflatable rescue boats are spending Thursday searching the Waikato coast for a King Country man missing with his three children.
Thomas Phillips' ute was found… Audio
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Man and children missing on coast - latest details
Bad weather along the rugged Waikato West Coast has hampered a sea search for a missing King Country man and his three young children missing since the weekend.
Joining us now from outside the police… Video, Audio
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'We're not sleeping a lot at the moment' - Family of missing dad and children
The uncle of a man missing with his children on a remote stretch of the Waikato Coast says the family is hoping he may have just gone into hiding. Audio
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Missing Waikato man well known in area - Otorohanga Mayor
Otorohanga District mayor Max Baxter says Thomas Phillips knows the area very well where he was last seen with his children.
Baxter says he's concerned that Phillips left his ute at nearby Kiritehere… Audio
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Thomas Phillips: Family hopes he has hidden in the bush
A relative of a man missing on the Waikato west coast along with three young children says his family is hopeful he is hiding in the bush somewhere.
Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Phillips and his three… Audio
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Search on for missing family on Waikato west coast
The search for a missing family along a remote Waikato west coast beach is resuming.
34-year-old Thomas Phillips and his three young children were last seen at Marokopa on Saturday evening.
The… Audio
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Family's disappearance 'out of character'
The Eagle helicopter from Auckland had been deployed for the search, as well as three drones operated by Fire and Emergency and Coastguard plane. Police say they have "serious concern" for the family.
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Major search in Waikato for missing father and children
A major search is on at a remote and rugged settlement on the west coast of the North Island for a man and his three children.
Police say they have serious concerns for Ōtorohanga man Thomas… Audio
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Search and rescue for man and three children underway
A search and rescue operation is underway for a man and his three young children who are missing on King Country's West Coast.
The police say the group was last seen at Marokopa, west of Te Kuiti, on… Audio
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Children sometimes kept in hospital longer than needed, Oranga Tamariki admits
Oranga Tamariki has admitted that it sometimes asks District Health Boards to keep children at hospitals longer than they are clinically required while they try to find them a suitable placement.
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Iwi leader urges Covid-19 QR code scanning at Northland border checkpoint
Northlanders wanting to head beyond Auckland for a holiday have been given a ticket out of town thanks to a new Air New Zealand flight.
The airline has announced a direct Kerikeri to Wellington… Audio
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Police add more officers to assist on Auckland border checkpoints
More than 60 additional police officers from around the country will be deployed to assist at checkpoints on the Auckland region's boundary.
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Northland with NZ in level 2, but cut off by Auckland lockdown
Trips to and from Northland look set to remain highly restricted, despite the region's drop in alert levels.
Northland will join the rest of the country - apart from Auckland - at alert level 2 at… Audio
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Man charged over Huntly caravan fire
A man has been arrested in relation to a fire in a caravan in Huntly that caused minor damage to surrounding buildings.
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'Don't let the good weather tempt you' - Police urges public to stay vigilant
Police are urging the public to stay the course and resist the temptation to breach alert level restrictions in the warmer weather.
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Ministers to consider whether law changes needed following terror attack
Cabinet ministers will today consider whether any law changes are needed following Friday's terror attack, but some MPs are warning against any knee-jerk reactions.
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LynnMall attack: Why Isis is harder to defeat online than on the battlefield
Analysis: As Friday's attack by an Isis sympathiser in a New Zealand supermarket has shown, Isis's extreme ideology still holds strong appeal for some disaffected Muslims living in the west.
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Could more have been done to prevent LynnMall terror attack?
Audio 5 Sep 2021Friday's terror attack at LynnMall came after the 32-year-old Sri Lankan-born offender had been on the police radar for five years. The timeline involving this man -- who was shot dead by police --… Audio
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Failure to use existing law to detain terrorist 'big issue' for expert
An intelligence expert is questioning why the Mental Health Act was not used to detain the LynnMall terrorist after he was released from jail.
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Covid-19: Police ramp up Auckland region border checks
Boundary officials at a checkpoint north of Auckland say they have not had to turn away any cars this morning. Audio
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Covid-19: Truck lobby on Auckland checkpoints
The Road Transport Forum is advising freight and stock truck drivers to have their paperwork ready at the Auckland-Waikato border to avoid long delays.
Police checkpoints on Auckland's southern… Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown day 14: How it happened
South of Auckland prepares for level 3 restrictions, a further drop in Covid-19 community cases, 19 arrests, and MPs socially distance as Parliament sits.
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Waikato mayor welcomes lockdown border, but divided road 'ridiculous'
At 12am Wednesday some Waikato residents will become honorary Aucklanders, whether they like it or not, when the Covid-19 lockdown borders are locked in and everyone south of Auckland drops into alert… Video, Audio
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Hapū-led checkpoint shut down, police establish static checkpoints
Police yesterday shut down an illegal hapū-led checkpoint in Te Araroa but have agreed to set up two static checkpoints tracking vehicle movements through Ngāti Porou rohe.
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Covid-19 lockdown day 13: How it unfolded
The number of new community Covid-19 cases dropped to 53 today, while 37 people are in hospital with the virus including two who are in a stable condition in intensive care.
