The general manager of a Waikato hotel and thermal baths says police came to the remote complex the night a woman said she saw fugitive father Tom Phillips.
Officers have cordoned off the only exit out of the town as police hunt for Tom Phillips, while a local hot pools says police visited over claims of a sighting.
A woman has come forward claiming to have seen wanted Marokopa man Tom Phillips and missing children Jayda, Maverick and Ember at the remote Okoroire Hot.