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

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed separatists in Indonesia's Papua, authorities said on Saturday.

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a New Zealand pilot, has been freed after 19 months in captivity by separatist rebels in Indonesia's ...

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, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, wa ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after being held captive for 19 months by armed separatists in Indonesia's Papua. Mehertens was released by a joint team in Nduga and is now ...

In August another New Zealand pilot, Glen Malcolm Conning, was killed by separatist rebels in Papua after landing his ...

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

A New Zealand pilot has been freed from captivity after being abducted early last year upon landing at a remote Indonesian airport, where separatist rebels set his small plane on fire. Phillip ...

A New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage in Indonesia by a West Papua rebel group in February 2023 has finally been freed ...

Mr Mehrtens sobbed while talking to his family via video and an Indonesian official tried to calm him down by patting his ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed on Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, ...