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Three missing New Zealand children were found safe Monday after being taken by their father in December 2021

The kids' father, Tom Phillips, was shot dead by police during a shootout Monday following a break-in at a local agricultural store

Phillips did not have legal custody of the children and took them on the run after getting in a dispute with their mother four years ago

The New Zealand mother whose three children were missing for four years after being kidnapped by their fugitive father is speaking out after the kids were found safe on Monday.

The father, Tom Phillips, was shot dead by police during a shootout on Monday afternoon, while he was with one of his children. The two other kids were found safe by police nearby shortly after their father was shot dead, PEOPL

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