New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from captivity after more than 19 months following his abduction by Indonesian rebels early last year.

The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian ...

A New Zealand pilot has been released after a year and a half of being held hostage in Indonesia's Papua region.

In April, armed separatists attacked Indonesian troops who were deployed to rescue Mehrtens. The group sent a letter the next month to Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Sambom said they received a ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he was relieved that pilot Phillip Mehrtens had been freed after spending ...