Tag: helicopters
Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG
PNG Post-Courier
A kidnapped Australian pilot of a Hevilift helicopter and two Papua New Guinean subcontractors have been released without harm following a rapid deployment...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers
RNZ Pacific
More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church during Cyclone Gabrielle should be able to return to more permanent...
PNG police manhunt for Rai gang cult stalls without chopper
By Sylvester Wemuru in Port Moresby
The manhunt for the Papua New Guinean cult group along the Rai coast near Madang has been halted because...
Wanted by police – a chopper airlift to hunt a PNG...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
A 21-man Papua New Guinean police team deployed to Nankina Valley in Madang’s Rai coast district has requested a...
Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
Silas Papare Air Force base in Sentani, Jayapura, has reported that an Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army...
Life after the PNG quakes and more really tough decisions ahead
SPECIAL REPORT: Anton Lutz in Mougulu profiles what life is like on the border of Western Province and Hela at the epicentre three weeks...
Harsh response lessons abound in wake of PNG’s quake devastation
BRIEFING: By Sylvester Gawi in Tari, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's Highlands earthquake disaster has brought to light some of the many things that...
Challenges on the ground in PNG Highlands – what people really...
By Scott Waide, EMTV journalist and blogger
Survivors in Papua New Guinea's earthquake in the Highlands face tough challenges. And so do the relief agencies...
Samoan airline deals at centre of Tokelau chopper purchase
By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland
Tokelau’s controversial helicopter buy was part of at least one major Samoan airline deal, along with plans for the establishment...
Tokelau suspends two officials following helicopter row review
By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland
Tokelau has suspended two of its public servants in Samoa, after a review into the purchase of two helicopters found...
New revelation in Tokelau chopper furore in air transport ‘big picture’
By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland
Tokelau’s purchase of helicopters included plans to travel via remote Swains Island, contradicting earlier reports claiming the aircraft were ill-suited...