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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he expects there will be an inquiry into the handling of the Tom Phillips case by government agencies.
Phillips died in a shootout with police in the early hours of Monday last week, after spending nearly four years on the run with his children.
“There’s a number of questions I think that need answered, and so it is my expectation there would be an inquiry as to how government agencies have acted over the last four-year period,” Luxon told Morning Report.
He said there are “legitimate” questions to ask of how police and Oranga Tamariki handled the case.
“An inquiry into how government agencies have acted, essentially . Exactly what form that needs to be, we’ll take advice.”
Cordons on Te Anga Road in the Waitomo region were removed at the weekend, nearly a week after Phillips’ fatal interaction with police.
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