Three credible sightings, an altercation in the street, and police are renewing calls for sightings of missing Marokopa man Tom Phillips.
The 36 year old has been missing for 18 months, with his three children, Jayda, Maverick and Ember.
Police have revealed Phillips was spotted in Te Awamutu yesterday afternoon, then at the Bunnings in Te Rapa, before he travelled to Kawhia where he got into a scrap with a local who recognised him.
Officers are now focusing their inquiry on a stolen brown/bronze 2003 Toyota Hilux flat-deck ute, which they haven't been able to locate.
It's the first confirmed sighting of Phillips in 18 months, but there is yet to be any sign of the children.
Reporter Libby Kirkby-Mcleod has the story.
