New photos have emerged of the remote campsite where police discovered Tom Phillips' children, just hours after the New Zealand fugitive was shot dead by officers.

Phillips, who had been on the run with his children Ember, 9, Maverick, 10, and Jayda, 12, for almost four years, was killed in western Waikato on the upper North Island on Monday morning.

Police confronted Phillips and Jayda on a quad bike following an armed robbery at a farm supply shop in the rural town of Piopio.

His two younger children were found at a campsite 2km from the deadly shootout hours later.

Police have released images of the campsite, which show quad bikes parked among the trees with blankets draped over them. Two cans of Sprite were pictured on one of the tyres, while a large container lay on the ground.