Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed separatists in Indonesia ...

A New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist ...

Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.

Separatist rebels free New Zealand pilot who's been held hostage for over a year in Papua, Indonesian authorities say ...

Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane on a small runway in Paro and abducted Mr Mehrtens on February 7, 2023. Mr ...

n armed rebel group in the easternmost region of Papua released a proposal on Tuesday to free New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who they kidnapped more than a year ago. Mehrtens was abducted by ...

JAKARTA: An armed rebel group in the easternmost region of Papua released a proposal on Tuesday (Sept 17) to free New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who they kidnapped more than a year ago ...