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 ...

A bearded Philip Mehrtens is pictured ... after being freed from captivity A New Zealand pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says ...

Video: New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by West Papuan rebels is FINALLY freed after nightmare 19-month ordeal New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens broke down in tears as he spoke ...

A former New Zealand police negotiator says ... following the release of a Kiwi pilot held hostage in West Papua for more than a year-and-a-half. Philip Mehrtens, seized by rebels from the West ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more ... after he landed a small commercial plane in the remote, ...