New Zealand fugitive father Tom Phillips shot dead after attempted burglary, police confirm

<p>Phillips, who has been on the run with his children for four years, was shot by police after the attempted burglary of a building in Piopio, authorities said</p><p>A fugitive father who had been hiding in New Zealand’s rugged wilderness with his three children for nearly four years has been shot dead by police during an armed burglary, police confirmed on Monday.</p><p>Tom Phillips <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/05/new-zealands-two-year-search-in-wilderness-for-fugitive-father-and-three-missing-children">fled into the Waikato wilderness with his children</a> just before Christmas 2021, following a dispute with their mother.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/tom-phillips-new-zealand-fugitive-father-shot-dead-nz-police">Continue reading...</a>