{"id":5161,"date":"2025-09-11T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5161"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:36:20","slug":"man-found-after-4-years-on-the-run-with-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5161","title":{"rendered":"Man Found After 4 Years on the Run with His"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Missing New Zealand Children Found Safe After Four Years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three children missing since 2021 have been found alive and well in New Zealand\u2019s remote Waitomo region after a dramatic police search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Years in Hiding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Phillips vanished into the bush with his children\u2014Ember, Maverick, and Jayda\u2014in late 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite brief sightings, they remained off-grid for years, sparking fears about their safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rescue in Rugged Terrain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 8, 2025, police located the children two kilometers from a hidden shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo know the children are safe and now receiving care after nearly four years is an absolute relief,\u201d said Acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Focus on Healing and Questions Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The children\u2019s mother and grandparents are now involved in their care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile they are safe, this is just the beginning of a new chapter focused entirely on their healing and future,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogers added. Investigators are now looking into whether others helped the family stay hidden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missing New Zealand Children Found Safe After Four Years Three children missing since 2021 have been found alive and well in New Zealand\u2019s remote Waitomo region after a dramatic police search. Years in Hiding Tom Phillips vanished into the bush with his children\u2014Ember, Maverick, and Jayda\u2014in late 2021. Despite brief sightings, they remained off-grid for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5163,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5161\/revisions\/5163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}