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Tom Phillips and his three children have been missing since December 2021. Here's what we know so far.

David Craig says police should have deployed technology and search dogs immediately after the latest sighting. Audio

Police have been unable to find Tom Phillips after a suspected sighting, which they're said to have taken hours to respond to.

Changes to the 111 emergency callout system were given the thumbs up in a trial carried out last year, but critics say police are putting much greater emphasis on saving officers' time than keeping… Audio

Police are still investigating a tip-off about the sighting near Marokopa on Thursday of Phillips and his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember.

John Atkins was out hunting with friends when he was fatally shot by a member of another party.

He faces three counts of indecent communication with a young person under 16, and one of travelling to meet a young person/sex grooming.

One person has been transferred to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition.

Emergency services were called to the property in Auroa, South Taranaki at 8.50am.

One of the men was reportedly seriously injured, while the other was reported to have been moderately injured.

Police were notified of a crash on White Pine Bush Road at 11.40pm.

Police say the numbers of people signing up to the force is an encouraging signal they are on track to reach government recruitment targets.

The 29-year-old is due to appear in the Gisborne District Court tomorrow.

Four people have been arrested.

Police have confirmed a person was assaulted at a property on State Highway 12.

Officers spotted a young person riding a scooter which had been reported stolen 10 years earlier.

Three significant fires were sparked from fireworks being shot out of the window of a vehicle.

The prisoner was in a double-bunked cell, and the second prisoner has been secured during investigations, Corrections says.