The children of fugitive Tom Phillips have been found safe after four years on the run just hours after their dad was shot dead by police.

Acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers confirmed they were discovered at a campsite around 4.30pm on Monday, describing them as safe and well. Phillips was shot earlier that day while allegedly carrying out a burglary. A witness raised the alarm around 2:30am after spotting two figures - believed to be Tom Phillips and his 12-year-old daughter Jayda - in "farm clothing," and headlamps raiding PGG Wrightson, a rural supply store in Piopio, western Waikato, New Zealand. The pair fled on a quad bike but were intercepted an hour later, around 33km away on Te Anga Road, where police deployed road spikes.

Phillips was then confronted by a lone officer.

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