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Speaker 2: So a police officer is undergoing surgery after being shot

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Speaker 2: in the head by Marta Copper fugitive Tom Phillips, as

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Speaker 2: the search continues for two of his children. New Zealand

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Speaker 2: Herald reporter Jamie Lyth is on the ground in Marta,

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Speaker 2: Copa and she joins us on the line. Now, Jamie,

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Speaker 2: how are you.

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Speaker 3: I'm doing well. How are you going good?

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Speaker 4: Thanks? What are you seeing down there? Is there any

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Speaker 4: signs of the search for the missing children?

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Speaker 3: To be honest, No, it's very quiet down here. It's

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Speaker 3: a very spread out community, and there is a history

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Speaker 3: with a bit of hostility towards media and with some

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Speaker 3: a little bit of that today. Not everyone really wants

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Speaker 3: to talk to us. But there isn't anything in particular

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Speaker 3: that would lead you to believe that, you know, a

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Speaker 3: very famous fugitive that has put this town on the

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Speaker 3: map has been shot dead this morning.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and so you say, there's a few locals about

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Speaker 4: what have they been saying?

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Speaker 3: Yes, Well, a local who did want to speak to me,

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Speaker 3: he said he was disappointed, but not particularly surprised that

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Speaker 3: the Philips saga had ended like this. I mean, he

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Speaker 3: described it as not unexpected, and he said that it

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Speaker 3: was particularly tragic for the children, you know, after probably

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Speaker 3: developing a strong bond with their father, after living in

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Speaker 3: the bush, to be there, you know, almost four years.

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Speaker 2: Is there much police activity in matter Cooper at the moment, Jamie?

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Speaker 2: Are you seeing any helicopters over here? Is there much

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Speaker 2: police on the ground?

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Speaker 3: So, frankly, I've seen no police on the ground, but

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Speaker 3: we have seen the Eagle helicopter fly above us. The

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Speaker 3: most movement on the roads around here are people.

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Speaker 4: On quad bikes, right, okay, a popular motor transport down there.

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Speaker 4: And what about any word at all on the injured

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Speaker 4: police officer? Any updates on the condition.

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Speaker 3: Not that I've heard of, no, but I have heard

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Speaker 3: that this morning he was talking to his colleagues, So

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Speaker 3: that is a good sign that someone might be okay.

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Speaker 4: And then when do you expect authorities to update the situation.

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Speaker 3: I believe authorities are giving an update at three thirty

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Speaker 3: this afternoon at a live press stand up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jamie, thank you very much. If you're having to

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Speaker 2: chat with us, go well down there and look after

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Speaker 2: yourself and we might catch up a little bit later

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Speaker 2: on Sounds Good.

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