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Child poverty statistics and Phillip Mehrtens released | Focus Morning Bulletin September 23, 2024
New Zealand's child poverty targets set by the Labour government have not been met and Phillip Mehrtens has been reunited with his family after being held captive for 19.5 months.
Rebels who kidnapped Kiwi pilot in West Papua propose terms of release
They're asking the NZ government, including police and army, to escort the pilot.
Captured Kiwi Phillip Mehrtens 'still alive, healthy', West Papua freedom fighters say
The New Zealand pilot was taken hostage by TPNPB fighters in February this year.
MFAT working on release of Papua hostage after death threat video
Phillip Mehrtens was taken hostage by the West Papua Liberation Army fighters in February.
New video emerges of emaciated Kiwi pilot hostage: 'They say they will shoot me'
Mehrtens has been held in West Papua for nearly three months now.
Kiwi pilot hostage: ‘I am alive, I am healthy’
Mehrtens has been held in West Papua for nearly three months now.
Rescue mission launched for Kiwi pilot held hostage in Papua
The New Zealand pilot was flying five passengers before the plane was captured.
New info emerges as Kiwi pilot taken hostage in Indonesia
Group of tradies rescued in a search for a NZ pilot taken hostage by rebels in Papua
Kiwi held hostage in Papua: ‘Best pilot’ has loving wife and young son - boss
New Zealand pilot Phil Mehrtens is being held hostage in Papua by a separatist group.
Kiwi pilot held hostage in Papua described as ‘a quiet and serious’ man fluent in Bahasa
The New Zealand pilot was flying five passengers before the plane was captured.
Kiwi pilot taken hostage by separatist fighters in Papua
The small plane was set on fire after landing before the pilot was taken hostage
Coalition compares Indonesia's plan to divide Papua to Dutch colonial model
The creation of three provinces by the Indonesian govt is like repeating the colonial era.
Maire Leadbeater: Ignoring the war next door
OPINION: Call on New Zealand to support self-determination in the troubled region.
Leadbeater: NZ sits by as 'Satan troops' move into West Papua
Opinion: Displaced are seeking shelter in the forest, in churches or neighbouring towns.
Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism - human rights group
Indonesia formally designates Papuan independence fighters as 'terrorists'.
Leadbeater: West Papua flag an inconvenient truth
OPINION: Why was permission to raise the West Papua Morning Star flag denied?
Maire Leadbeater: West Papuans have new reason to hope
Comment: BLM shakes Indonesia awake up to the call 'we need to talk about Papua'.
Maire Leadbeater: Chance to redeem inaction on West Papua
COMMENT: A chance to redeem past inaction by ensuring Indonesia is held to its promises.
Ardern urged to bring up West Papua, human rights
PM to hold bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Wellington on Monday
Maire Leadbeater: West Papuans' long fight for freedom
Waitangi Day, New Zealand's national day, comes with controversy, robust historical debate and challenges to do more to address the grievances of the past.
Maire Leadbeater: Election offers ideal chance to review aid for West Papua
It is not every day that a government rejects a foreign aid scheme just as it is about to begin.