Overview
- Attorney-General Judith Collins announced the inquiry to assess whether agencies took all practicable steps to protect the children's safety and welfare.
- Proceedings will be conducted in private without public hearings to safeguard the children's privacy.
- The Phillips family issued a statement welcoming the inquiry.
- Police are continuing forensic examination of items removed from multiple heavily concealed camps near Marokopa and are investigating possible assistance to Tom Phillips.
- A court injunction restricting publication of certain investigation details remains in place.