For almost three weeks in September 2021, New Zealand Police searched the rugged west coast of the country’s North Island for any signs of Tom Phillips and his three young children.
The coastline was scoured, the ocean was swept, nearby bush was combed over, houses in neighbouring town door knocked, and a mammoth search and rescue mission launched after Phillips’ Toyota HiLux was found abandoned on Kiritehere Beach. He and his children, Jayda, Maverick and Ember were nowhere to be seen.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald