one family’s tragedy now a chance to reform NZ’s child protection system
- Written by Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
Police at the location of one of the campsites where Tom Phillips and his children had been hiding for the past four years. Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via Getty ImagesYesterday’s announcement of a public inquiry into the handling of the Tom Phillips case was inevitable. When children go missing for years, the public has a right to...





