11:05 Police receive a "number of tips" in search for missing Tom Phillips and children
The man police believe to be Tom Phillips, sighted at Bunnings in Te Rapa Photo: NZ Police
Waikato Police say they have received a number of tips from the public following yesterday's appeal for sightings of a ute linked to missing man Tom Phillips. Tom Phillips and his three children have been missing since December 2021 in the Kawhia area, but there were several sightings of Mr Phillips on Wednesday.
Kathryn speaks with Inspector Will Loughrin.
The stolen 2003 bronze-coloured Toyota Hilux flat-deck ute believed to have been driven by Tom Phillips was seen in Pokuru near Te Awamutu, in Te Rapa, and in Kawhia on three separate occasions on Wednesday. Photo: NZ Police