Watch: Smiling Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens farewells captors in fresh footage
Phillip Mehrtens has since been reunited with his immediate family in Jakarta.
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Cafe to continue with its bilingual greetings to customers
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Stranded Mt Cook climbers rescued after four nights
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Man fatally stabbed himself trying to separate two frozen burgers
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Hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders get $350 in their bank accounts
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Luke Combs announces two record-breaking Eden Park shows
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Walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon day after deadly pager attack; fears of all-out-war
The blasts have put 'Israel and Hezbollah on the brink of all-out war'.
Family of Ariki Rigby weep in court as man charged with murder appears
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Architect pitches new harbour crossing concept to Auckland's mayor
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Another dog poisoned by meth while on walk through central Auckland
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