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 ...

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.

A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist fighters after setting fire to a plane carrying six passengers in Indonesia’s remote Papua region. Fighters from the West Papua ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens is alive and healthy, a spokesperson for the West Papua National Liberation Army says. He ...

Indonesia's military on Saturday (April 13) denied using air strikes in a remote, restive part of the country, after a video ...

The New Zealander was taken hostage more than a year ago on February 7 in Paro in the highlands of the Indonesian-ruled ...

Indonesia's military has denied using air strikes in a remote, restive part of the country after a video of a New Zealand ...

esponding to a claim by the separatist West National Liberation Army (TPNPB) that aerial bombing had occurred in an area where New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens was taken hostage, the Indonesian ...

Indonesia Denies Using Air Strikes in Papua Region, Where Kidnapped NZ Pilot Is JAKARTA (Reuters ... "Before I was in the safe area, but have been taken again by the Papua military, and it's ...