Tom Phillips and his three children, who disappeared three years ago, have been sighted for the first time in New Zealand's wilderness. Police believe they have been hiding and camping in the North Island.

A father who has been on the run with his three children in New Zealand has been seen in public with them for the first time in years.

A group of pig hunters spotted a missing man and his kidnapped children trudging through the New Zealand wilderness in camouflage with a gun, according to a report. Tom Phillips vanished with his three children,

Fugitive father Tom Phillips was captured on camera in Marokopa, New Zealand, along with his three missing children on October 3, almost three years after he disappeared with them.Footage from John McOviney shows a man walking with three children on McOviney’s farm in Marokopa,

A fugitive father and his three children who had not been seen in three years were spotted in the New Zealand wilderness by pig hunters.Tom Phillips and his children — Ember, 8, Maverick, 9, and Jayda,

This was a credible sighting, and police believe it was indeed Tom and his children,” a press release from New Zealand Police said.

A father who abducted his children in late 2021 and has been on the run since was spotted with the kids in the New Zealand wilderness. It was the first confirmed sighting of the family since they went missing after Tom Phillips got into a fight with the children’s mother.

A fugitive father and his three children who had not been seen in three years were spotted in the New Zealand wilderness by pig hunters. Tom Phillips and his children — Ember, 8, Maverick, 9, and Jayda,