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Tom Phillips, on the run from police with his three young children for almost four years, was found by police on Monday - before a fatal shoot-out in the dark ensued

Dark secret of New Zealand wilderness family: As father who abducted his children is killed in shoot-out, reason why have they not been re-united with mother may have been revealed

September 17, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

The early hours of Monday morning and the sound of gunfire rends the air. A policeman, hit in the head by a bullet, scrambles to find cover as colleagues rush to his aid. A second man lies lifeless on the ground. With that bloody shoot-out on a dark, rural road in New Zealand, it appeared […]

Fugitive father Tom Phillips (pictured) has been shot dead by police after almost four years on the run with his three children

Wilderness dad fugitive’s deadly last stand after refusing to give himself up: New Zealand father shot policeman in the head and left him fighting for life before hero cop killed him

September 9, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

A New Zealand father who disappeared with his three children into the wilderness has been killed in a shootout with cops. Tom Phillips, who had been on the run with his kids, Ember, nine, Maverick, ten, and Jayda, 12, for almost four years, was killed in western Waitako on Monday. Phillips was shot dead after […]

Nigeria beat New Zealand, claim first U-19 Women’s W’Cup win

January 20, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Nigeria’s Junior Female Yellow Greens finally got a taste of the actions at the 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia, marking their delayed debut with a two-run win over test-playing nation, New Zealand on Monday. As it happened against Samoa on Saturday, Sarawak’s rain delayed the game but the Nigerian team’s shine […]

'There was panic, the look of panic everywhere,' Emma Rose Power said. 'Some of the flight attendants had scratches to their face, ice to their face... one girl had a sling on her arm'

Passengers on Qatar Airways flight to Dublin hit by extreme turbulence describe how their clothes were ripped and staff were thrown in the air, with 12 injured

May 27, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Passengers who experienced brutal turbulence on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin yesterday have told of the chaos on board as the plane suddenly plummeted hundreds of feet without warning. Twelve people were hurt in the incident, eight of whom were taken to hospital upon landing in Dublin with shocked travellers describing how […]

Tracy Hickman, 57, died by euthanasia on Wednesday on a beach in New Zealand, her pal Dom Harvey and partner Paul confirmed on Instagram

British woman, 57, with terminal breast cancer is euthanised ‘on a beach in the sunshine’ in New Zealand surrounded by loved ones days after urging UK to change its laws on assisted dying

May 23, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

A British woman with terminal breast cancer has been euthanised ‘on a beach in the sunshine’ in New Zealand just days after urging the UK to change its laws on assisted dying, her friend has revealed. Tracy Hickman, 57, who was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in March 2019, had been fighting for euthanasia rights in […]

Meet New Zealand First Female Foreign Minister Who Has Facial Tattoo.

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020AfricTeamLeave a Comment

New Zealand was the first country in the world to grant women the vote, and now the progressive island nation is making history again by appointing a woman with a facial tattoo as its first female foreign minister. Nanaia Mahuta, a close relative of the Maori royal family, has been named New Zealand’s next foreign […]

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