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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Eva Corlett in Wellington

Discovery of new campsite shows fugitive Tom Phillips had ‘outside help,’ NZ police say

Images released by New Zealand Police.
Images released by New Zealand police on Wednesday believed to be the main campsite where fugitive father Tom Phillips and his children had been living. Photograph: New Zealand Police

Fugitive father Tom Phillips was receiving outside help during his years on the run before he was killed in a police shoot-out this week, New Zealand police said on Wednesday as they released images that show a newly discovered campsite.

Phillips had spent nearly four years hiding in the wilderness with his three children. He was killed in an exchange of fire with police after reports of a burglary in the remote town of Piopio, in the central North Island, on Monday.

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