Waikato police are seeking sightings of a quad bike believed to have been stolen by Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips and one of his children earlier this month.
A red-farm style quad bike with no registration, was reported stolen from a Marokopa Rd property on November 2.
They are then thought to have driven the bike south.
CCTV appears to show the pair breaking the front window of a Piopio store around 2.10am, later fleeing to the north when the alarm activated.
Police said the pair broke the front glass of a store in Piopio earlier this month. (Source: Supplied)
Acting Detective Inspector Andrew Saunders said that police cannot stress the importance of the community in locating Phillips and his three children - Jayda, Maverick, and Ember.
"We are urging anyone who may have any information, no matter how small, to please come forward to police."
Sightings of this vehicle are the best chance they have to locate them, Saunders said.
This comes after the fugitive father was linked to an alleged Te Kūiti bank robbery in May this year.
Two armed robbers demanded cash at the Rora St bank, later fleeing the scene on a black, farm-style motorbike.
At the time of the robbery, an eyewitness told 1News the alleged robbers were dropping money as they fled the bank. They added that a lady, who didn't realise there had been a robbery, picked up some cash and called out to them they had dropped their money.
"The little egg ran back and snatched it out of her hand," the bystander said.
There is a warrant out for Phillips' arrest for the robbery.
It's not the first vehicle that Phillips has stolen.
Sightings of four bikes — a Honda 50cc motocross bike, a black Suzuki 200cc trojan, a Honda XR 200cc and a Honda 2008 Four Trax Quad — were requested by police in August this year.
A bronze Toyota Hilux ute was also used in the same month, spotted in the carpark of a Hamilton Bunnings where Phillips was also seen shopping in disguise.
Police said they believed Phillips was trying to set up a campsite at the time.
Authorities have been searching for Phillips and his three children since December 2021, when they went missing for a second time.
Last month police said there had been 14 reported sightings of Phillips and/ or his children since September 5.
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