Midday Report for Monday 8 September 2025

1:45 PM.In today's episode, after evading police for nearly 4 years, Marakopa fugitive Tom Phillips is dead - one child is in custody and two others are missing. Phillips and his three children Jayda… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Tom Phillips has died in a shooting involving police in Waikato on Monday morning, nearly four years after he took his three children into the bush. Victoria University clinical psychologist Dougal… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Police say the man killed in a shootout in Piopio on Monday morning is believed to be Marokopa father Tom Phillips. Reporter Robin Martin spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

12:35 PM.Midday rural news. Audio

12:27 PM.Midday sports news. Audio

12:20 PM.Midday business news. Audio

12:14 PM.Tom Phillips and his three children Jayda, Maverick and Ember went missing in December 2021 and have been on the run from authorities since then. Waitomo District Mayor John Robertson spoke to… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.After evading police for nearly 4 years, Marakopa fugitive Tom Phillips is dead - one child is in custody and two others are missing. Audio