A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region. Philip Mehrtens, 37, was taken after his plane carrying five passengers was attacked after it landed ...

New Zealand has urged rebels ... counterpart to secure the pilot’s release. “Let me be absolutely clear. There can never be any justification for hostage-taking,” Mr Peters said.

Fears are growing for the safety of New Zealander Phillip Mehrtens, a former Jetstar pilot who has been held hostage in ...

A New Zealand pilot taken hostage in West Papua says his life is in danger amid a wave of Indonesian air strikes on the area ...

A New Zealand pilot, Philip Mark Mehrtens was taken hostage by an armed horde of West Papua Liberation National Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya. The hostage took place after the plane took off ...

Philip Mehrtens with TPNPB fighters in video footage sent to the BBC Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have released video footage of a New Zealand pilot taken hostage seven days ago.

A funeral has been held in New Zealand for pilot Glen Malcolm Conning, who was killed by gunmen after he landed to deliver passengers to a village in West Papua's remote Alama district last week.

The spokesperson for the police special operation in Papua, Bayu Suseno, claimed the pilot's body was taken to the helicopter and then ... in Indonesia's Papua region took another New Zealand pilot ...

Another New Zealand pilot, Phillip Mehrtens, was taken captive in February last year. In the same statement denying responsibility for Conning’s death, it was announced that he would be released.

JAKARTA--Indonesia’s military chief on Tuesday dismissed a separatist group claim that they had killed more than a dozen government soldiers who were searching for a New Zealand pilot taken ...

Credit: West Papua Liberation Army/AP/AAP Image New Zealand national Susi Air pilot was reportedly taken hostage by an armed group in the Nduga region, Central Papua. How is the situation in that ...

The spokesperson for the police special operation in Papua, Bayu Suseno, claimed the pilot's body was taken to the helicopter ... region took another New Zealand pilot hostage.