Video: New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by West Papuan rebels is FINALLY freed after nightmare 19-month ordeal New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens broke down in tears as he spoke ...

This conflict got some media attention in the past year or so due to the move by West Papuan pro-independence guerilla forces ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia--Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly ... the Free Papua Movement, abducted Philip Mark Mehrtens, a pilot from Christchurch who was working ...

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from New Zealand, was abducted by rebels from a remote airport in February 2023.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens ...

New Zealand pilot Captain Philip Mark Mehrtens (centre, wearing blue pants) arrives at Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma airbase on Sep 21, 2024, after being held captive for 19 months in Papua by ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters is traveling to Bangkok and Jakarta this week as part of New Zealand’s ongoing efforts to enhance diplomatic relations and regional partnerships in Southeast Asia.

Indonesian security forces on Tuesday recovered the body of a New Zealand pilot who was ... in the Free Papua Movement, abducted Philip Mark Mehrtens, a pilot from Christchurch who was working ...

TEMPO.CO, Sydney - New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt ...

The Federal Aviation Administration released its preliminary report on the crash that took the life of pilot Philip K. Widner of Bedford, Texas, on Oct. 7 at Norfolk Regional Airport. According to ...