Judith Collins is now NZ’s attorney-general and defence minister as of Nov 27, 2023, after leading the Opposition and the National Party.
New Zealand's Attorney-General announced an independent investigation into the disappearance of Tom Phillips and his children, scrutinising government agency actions. Phillips vanished in 2021, was killed in a police shootout in September 2025, and the inquiry aims to assess if authorities did all they could to protect the children.