Days after the footage surfaced, Phillips was shot dead during a confrontation with police responding to a burglary near Piopio; an officer was critically injured. Authorities said one child was with him, and the other two were found safe hours later at a nearby campsite.
Officials report the children are “doing well under the circumstances” and are under the care of Oranga Tamariki as a critical-incident review proceeds. The questions now shift from “Where are they?” to “How do we help them heal?”
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