Tom Philips took his daughter Jayda, now 11, nine-year-old son Maverick and daughter Ember, eight, from the town Marokpa in the north of the country in December 2021 to live in the wilderness.

State Highway 7 near Hanmer Springs has reopened, as crews work to extinguish a scrub fire in Canterbury.

"Whatever iteration it becomes next, I hope we do take into account what communities around New Zealand want," campaigners ...