New Zealand renews search for father who vanished into forest with children

Acting detective inspector Andrew Saunders gives a media update on the search for Tom Phillips and his children (Mike Scott/AP)

New Zealand authorities have offered a reward to anyone who can help them find three children who have been missing since their father vanished with them from a remote rural community more than two years ago.

The December 2021 disappearance of Tom Phillips and his children — now aged 8, 9 and 10 — has confounded investigators.