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

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

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 from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian ...

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

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

I am very happy that shortly I will be able to go home,' says Phillip Mehrtens.

PT Global Papua Abadi’s sugarcane concession in Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Pusaka Foundation. The rest of the land that’s been cleared for the sugarcane project is ...

The New Zealand pilot - who is originally from Motueka - is reuniting with his family in Jakarta after being held captive for more than 18 months.

KEEROM, Papua: Playing together at home with his two cousins of roughly the same age, four-year-old Berto stands out. Unlike his cousins - who appeared cheerful and playful with one another ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia must address "systemic racism" against indigenous groups in the restive Papua region and uphold human rights standards in the province, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday (Sept ...

Papua armed rebels ready to free New Zealand pilot held for over a year The TPNPB conveyed its plan to release the proposal on Sunday. However, after the statement, Sebby said that Indonesia’s ...