Overview
- Police released photos of a well-covered campsite in Waitomo bush that they say sheltered Phillips and his three children in recent months.
- Multiple firearms were seized from the site as forensic work continues on tents, tarpaulins, sleeping gear and other recovered items.
- Authorities state it is clear Phillips received external assistance and they are actively pursuing potential accomplices.
- The children, now aged 12, 10 and 9, were located near the camp and are in protective care after the pursuit that ended in Phillips’s death in Piopio.
- A police officer shot in the head during the incident underwent emergency surgery and remains in hospital.