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A former police negotiator says police would have had to take a balanced approach to finding Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips and his three children. They've revealed today they spent thousands of hours searching for him but knew it was unlikely he would surrender easily. Former Police negotiator Lance Burdett told Ryan Bridge they probably didn't want to overplay their hand. He says it was a balancing act between causing physical, emotional or psychological distress to the children. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday, 26 September 2025, police have revealed they came across Tom Phillips and his missing kids several times during their period in the bush. Former police negotiator Lance Burdett is surprised they weren't able to confront him sooner. Former Wellington mayor Dame Kerry Prendergast has met with Wellington Council's boss for a please explain after her old mayoral desk turned up at a second hand shop with a huge number of confidential documents in it. Former Wallaby Tim Horan says Australia really needs to win at least one of the upcoming games against the All Blacks - can they break the fortress? Plus, the Sports Huddle debates the Bledisloe and whether Noeline Taurua is likely to get her job back! Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The case of Tom Phillips gripped New Zealand and made headlines worldwide - after nearly four years hiding in the remote wilderness with his three children, his time on the run ended in a deadly shoot-out with police. How did he manage to stay hidden for so long, and what drove him to vanish from society in the first place? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Tom Phillips and his three children vanished into the New Zealand bush, the nation was left asking: where the heck did they go…and are they still alive? Was Tom just a father running from it all, or is there something much darker at play? Time goes by and it seemed like they had vanished forever until Sept 2025 when police get a tip off that would change everything.   Thanks for listening friends! Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes released every Wednesday.   Come join us here: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/canthandlepodcast?igsh=em1jZ2duemw4eTlv&utm_source=qr   YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/uRG0uLTPd2g?si=NjgEdW7w7hQV2dUT   FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/share/su9iNJcC4LQXuyqK/?mibextid=LQQJ4d   Contact Canthandlepodcast@gmail.com  

A law expert thinks an injunction suppressing key details in the Tom Phillips case will be difficult to keep in place. Media and authorities have been suppressed from discussing certain details related to the case since the Marokopa fugitive and his children were found last Monday. Media lawyers have been advocating for the right to report and the Wellington High Court will hear the matter again next month. Senior Law Lecturer Nikki Chamberlain told Heather du Plessis-Allan that it's very difficult to stop individuals discussing the details on social media. She says unless you can make each individual subject to the injunction, you'd have to make the entire social media platform a party in the court order. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been handed a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup – is there any way his political career can continue? Tom Phillips reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

A psychotherapist believes there are potentially cult-like characteristics to the life Tom Phillips created on the run with children. Phillips died in a shootout with police a week ago. One of his children was with him at the time. His other children were found at a bush camp after almost four years living off the grid with their father. Beth St Claire is a psychotherapist with a special interest in fundamentalist or 'cult-like' groups and spoke to Lisa Owen.

The government has revealed how it plans to get around rules limiting events at Eden Park. The prime minister wants more concerts, more sports matches, more conferences - and the government's signalling a willingness to change local rules to do it. Cabinet has also been considering whether to recognise Palestine as a state. As well as the Prime minister announcing there may be an inquiry into the Tom Phillips case. Political reporter Russell Palmer spoke to Lisa Owen.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ali Jones and Sarah Sparks. First up, the world has been awash with headlines about fugitive Tom Phillips's death and the rescue of his children. Details of the case were widely reported and splashed all over social media before a court order was filed for an injunction. So, the panel asks: does an injunction really hold much weight? Then, Wattie's has told some Hawke's Bay peach growers that their fruit will no longer be needed. How will this affect growers?

Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss two violent deaths, one driven by the internet, the other digested by it. They discuss how each shows in different yet profound ways how treating the internet as a separate sphere of life is increasingly impossible – rendering the libertarianism of one incompatible with the laws and mores of the other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss.

After fugitive father Tom Phillips' violent death, media made judgements about the public interest, the interests of the children - and what interested the public. Also: Te Pāti Māori seems to be disengaging from non-Maori media - and an ex-RNZer pioneering automated news to boost newsrooms. SHOW NOTESRead more about this episode of Mediawatch on the RNZ websiteIn this episode:0:00: After the hunt for Tom Phillips came to a violent and deadly end this week, the media had to make quick judgments about what was in the public interest, the interests of the children and the public appetite for details.0:00 Te Pāti Māori won the Tamaki Makarau by-election with a candidate who made a name for herself as a TV journalist, but has distanced itself from non-Māori media during and after the campaign. It's also criticised the conduct of unnamed reporters - and made claims of other bad behaviour, but failed to back it up.0:00 AI doesn't have a great reputation yet for getting it right, but ex-RNZer Peter Fowler who's pioneering automated news powered by AI reckons it can be a force for good - or even survival in smaller New Zealand newsrooms.Learn more:Guests: Peter FowlerIf you have any thoughts for us - or ideas for us to follow up - get in touch. E-mail mediawatch@rnz.co.nz. You'll also find us @MediawatchNZ on X.Follow Mediawatch and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcast app to make sure you never miss an episode.Find more RNZ Podcasts at the new section of the RNZ website at rnz.co.nz/podcastsGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The dramatic shootout on Monday which resulted in the recovery of the Marokopa children has gripped the nation and made headlines internationally. 

We talk politics with Newstalk ZB's senior political correspondent about 9/11, Tom Phillips, Tākuta Ferris, and Stuart Nash.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tell you what, when I saw the latest migration statistics this week and the net 47,000 New Zealand citizens who'd decided to move overseas in the last year, I had an instantaneous reaction. You sure about that? I wondered. I know our economy isn't exactly thriving, but have you checked any news headlines lately? Israel had just bombed Qatar. Russian drones were being shot down in Poland. The British government was in disarray. Charlie Kirk had just been assassinated. Put it this way: a sustained economic malaise isn't half as bad as some of the other problems facing the world right now. You know how when there's a really big news event it's all anyone wants to talk about? As terrible a week as it's been for the world, it's been even worse on social media. A great week, nay, a vintage week for bad takes. Tom Phillips is a prime example. To think, even for a moment, that a man who's been using his children in armed robberies, who's deprived them of any outside social connections or formal education, who's kept them in horrible, cold, dirty conditions and then ultimately exposed them to a Police shootout, to think that guy is misunderstood or is some kind of hero shows our species perhaps isn't as developed as we'd all like to think. The Charlie Kirk assassination social media fallout was maybe even worse. His death really affected me. I've been following Charlie Kirk for years. I saw him speak in person when he first came to significant prominence at the Republican Convention in 2016. His assassination has been one of those moments in which it feels like we're watching a global superpower decline in real time. The video was everywhere, multiple angles of a father being shot in the throat in front of his family, reposted, retweeted, re-upped. The algorithm feeding a bloodlust. And then the profound division. Incredible bad faith takes on both sides of a political and cultural chasm. People openly celebrating his murder, others neglecting the ways in which they have excused, minimised, or ignored political violence in the recent past. I truly think social media is responsible for some of worst aspects of our fraying world. It takes the worst parts of our nature as a species and acts a force multiplier. And yet, it retains the capacity every now and then to pull off something great. A terrible week for the world ended with a bit of goodness on the Golden Bay Community Noticeboard Facebook page, last night. Back in July, epic rainfall at the top of the South Island dislodged a bench from its spot next to the Takaka River. It was a memorial bench, heavy timber, beautifully crafted to remember a young man named Jack who passed back in 2018. But yesterday, Mum forwarded a post on Facebook through to the family chat. Jack's bench had been found! After being swept away in the flooding, it had travelled the six or seven kilometres down the Takaka River and into the ocean. Then, over two months, it had somehow navigated the roughly 160kms from the river mouth, across Cook Straight, around D'Urville Island, to wash up, albeit with a few barnacles, on Waikanae Beach on the Kapiti Coast. Crazy! Amazing! But how to get Jack's bench home after such an epic journey? “I'll do it free of charge, get in touch,” said someone called Steve. A little faith in the world, restored. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the Podcast... The upcoming teachers' strike in New Zealand. Despite receiving a historical pay rise and considerable leave, teachers are still pushing for more. Is this strike warranted? Plus, special guest Ashley Church shares insights on other pressing issues: the tragic case of Tom Phillips, the rise of political intolerance, and recent controversial comments from Te Pāti Māori MP. Get in touch with Duncan - duncan@rova.nz and join us on the socials. Website: https://www.rova.nz/podcasts/duncan-garner-editor-in-chief-live Instagram: @DuncanGarnerpodcast TikTok: @DuncanGarnerpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Headline Highlights… catch the latest developments on Travis Decker, Emmanuel Haro, Donna Adelson and Tom Phillips. A former BYU baseball player is sentenced to probation in a shocking child sexual assault case. A TikTok influencer, her husband and their two children are discovered murdered in what many describe as a cartel-style execution. At the University of Kentucky, cheerleader Laken Snelling is arrested after police uncover the body of a baby hidden in her closet.

A legal expert says it may be difficult for police to charge anyone who helped fugitive Tom Phillips. Dean of the Waikato University's Law Faculty, Leilani Tuala-Warren spoke to Corin Dann.

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On Monday, four years on from taking his three children and fleeing into the bush, Tom Phillips was shot dead by police after opening fire on an officer on a rural road. His children are now with authorities. Journalist Michelle Duff speaks to Nour Haydar from Waitomo about how Phillips managed to survive in the remote wilderness and why many questions remain unanswered

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.

A rudimentary shelter with tree branches holding up a black tarpaulin, dirty plastic buckets, a Jack Daniels whisky box and an LPG bottle are in some of the images released today of what police believe to be one of the campsites used by Tom Phillips and his children in recent months. Police said the grim and dirty campsite was about 200 metres from where his remaining children were found on Monday, across the rugged terrain of Western Waikato. With all of Phillip's children safe and accounted for, a new phase of the investigation begins: the search for anyone who assisted the fugitive father and hold them to account. Lucy Xia reports.

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As further details emerge about the squalid conditions the Phillips children have lived for the last few years - the police officer tasked with tracking them down has opened up about the case. Nick James reports.

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Media go big on the epic - but tragic - tale of fugitive father Tom Phillips; angst over over exclusive access for doco makers- and a columnist's criticism of Mediawatch. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

This podcast description was blatantly used by AI... In today's episode, Clint, Meg, and Dan with Ash London dive into some entertaining and jaw-dropping topics. They kick off with first kiss nightmares and share personal awkward stories. Then, they enter the Truth Booth with Tom, who drops a bombshell about a vasectomy he's hidden from his partner while they're trying for a baby. The crew also laughs about funny and unfortunate name combinations from TikTok. In a gripping segment, journalist Patty Gower gives the latest updates on the Tom Phillips case. Plus, don't miss out on the chance to score a fast pass for Electric Avenue with some wild listener stories. Dive into an episode packed with laughter, scandal, and unexpected twists! 00:00 Introduction and Morning Banter02:09 6:00 AM Throwback and Electric Avenue Plans06:31 Hopeless Romantics Podcast Discussion08:04 Clint's Intimacy and Faith Journey10:48 Modern Family and Gay Representation in Hollywood12:42 Heartwarming Dad Moment14:35 Cardiology Nurse Interview18:59 Teddy Swims Interview Ideas19:58 Electric Avenue Ticket Giveaway27:45 As Seen on TikTok: Funny Name Combinations34:38 Dr. Goodhead and Funny Names35:21 Celebrity Gossip and Scandals39:09 Patty Gower on the Tom Phillips Case46:02 First Kiss Nightmares52:25 Truth Booth: The Vasectomy Secret01:07:27 Clickbait Callback: Cheating Before the Wedding

The Detail talks to reporter Tony Wall, who's covered the saga of the fugitive father and his children for nearly four years After nearly four years, fugitive Tom Phillips' story is over, and multiple investigations are now underwayGuest: Tony Wall - National Correspondent, StuffFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Tom Phillips may be dead, but police say there is a long investigation ahead. Questions remain over the children's future, while the police are now searching for any accomplices who might have helped Phillips stay hidden for the past four years. Kate Green reports.

Police say they're determined to find anyone who helped Tom Phillips hide with his children for nearly four years. Lauren Crimp has more.

Police say they're determined to find anyone who helped Tom Phillips hide with his children for nearly four years. Police Association president Chris Cahill spoke to Corin Dann.

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Police at the highest levels are on the ground following the fatal shooting yesterday of Tom Phillips, the serious injury to a police officer, and the return of the child who have been missing for nearly four years. RNZ reporter Kate Green is in Hamilton.

Confronting and devastating - that is the reaction to a shootout early this morning which has left a police officer critically injured and missing man, Tom Phillips, dead. Phillips has been on the run in remote parts of the King Country since December 2021, after taking his three children from Marokopa. One of the children is now with police, but the hunt continues for the other children who police believe are by themselves in the bush. Libby Kirkby-McLeod reports.

The Prime Minister has said the country is "thinking and praying" for the police officer that was shot in Waitomo in the early hours of this morning. A four year manhunt for Marokopa father Tom Phillips came to an end when he was shot dead by police this morning. The search continues for two of his children who remain missing, while the injured police officer is undergoing multiple surgeries. Political reporter Anneke Smith spoke to Lisa Owen. 

Police are still searching for the remaining children of fugitive Tom Phillips, who died this morning after a shootout with police. Phillips was killed and a constable was left with critical head injuries after being shot. One of Phillips' three children was with him at the time and is now in the custody of Oranga Tamariki and police. Reporter Natalie Akoorie spoke to Lisa Owen from Piopio. 

In today's episode, the police say one of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips' children gave crucial information which helped officers find their two missing siblings on Monday afternoon; A new political poll shows Labour support hitting 33.8 percent, just ahead of National; A primary school principal is making a plea to parents to restrict online activity for their children.

Tom Phillips' children are in the care of Oranga Tamariki after nearly four years on the run with their fugitive father. Child psychologist Dr Sarah Watson spoke to Corin Dann.

Police Minister Mark Mitchell will visit the officer critically injured in the Waikato shootout with Tom Phillips. Mitchell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The police say one of Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips' children gave crucial information which helped officers find their two missing siblings on Monday afternoon. Ōtorohanga district mayor Max Baxter spoke to Corin Dann.

The four-year search for fugitive Tom Phillips' children is at an end. Reporter Kate Green spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Tom Phillips' children have all been brought out of the bush and are in the care of police and relevant agencies. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers spoke to Corin Dann.

A day after the police shot dead fugitive Marokopa man Tom Phillips and his children were found, questions remain about how they survived in the rugged, isolated Waitomo bush country for four years. Rowan Quinn reports.

This morning the news broke that fugitive Tom Phillips has been shot and killed by police. 

On today’s show: We call Megan’s South African singer husband to see if he can help Jono with a special mission Ben’s finally tapped into his emotional side and it’s kind of terrifying him Why Jono is now known as “the display guy” at his local Warehouse Dear Megan: My ex and I agreed our boys wouldn’t ride motocross until 15, now he’s bought them bikes at 6 and 8 We get the latest update on the Tom Phillips case! “Why were people helping them?” Ben tries a ThighMaster for the first time and he’s deeply uncomfortable Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Revisited: According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, they would face the same levels of danger. The Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, returns to the Javari valley and meets those risking their lives daily basis to fight the threats from organised crime. Is it possible to save the Amazon? For all links mentioned at the end of this episode, visit Missing in the Amazon at the Guardian. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Revisited: Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon – and that the killers of Dom and Bruno will face justice. But organised crime is widespread and deep-rooted. The investigative journalist Sônia Bridi tells the Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, about a man who allegedly not only may have helped plan the killings but may have ordered them. A man whose name strikes fear across the region. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Revisited: The Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno's belongings in a hidden area of flooded forest. The team finally discover what has happened to the men. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Revisited: Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as Pelado. The Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, reports on the story of the two men and what happened when their paths collided. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Revisited: Three years ago, the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil's remote Javari valley. In the first episode of a six-part investigative podcast series, the Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, investigates what happened. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus