The news everyone least expected came mid morning....when a father and his three children, who had been missing in rugged bush in Waikato for nearly three weeks, showed up at the family farm today. The unexplained disappearance of Tom Phillips and his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember earlier in the month prompted a full scale land, sea and air search with hundreds of volunteers scouring dense bushland in isolated coastal Waikato. The hopes of locals and the whole country faded when the fruitless search was officially called off just a few days ago.
Missing man Thomas Phillips. Photo: Supplied / Police
