I was rater amazed at the following report from timeslive:-
"But he said it was believed Akavi was still held by IS and there were ongoing operations to locate her which included the deployment of a small multi-agency team based in Iraq.
"This has involved members of the NZDF (New Zealand defence force) drawn from the Special Operations Force, and personnel have visited Syria from time to time as required," Peters said.
"This non-combat team was specifically focused on locating Louisa and identifying opportunities to recover her."
The New York Times has reported the Red Cross has reason to believe she is alive, because at least two people described seeing her in December at a clinic in Sousa, one of the final villages to be held by IS jihadists.
Some of the witnesses said they saw her performing medical duties at clinics and hospitals under IS control, indicating that she was no longer held in a cell and was able to use her nursing skills to win a modicum of freedom."
Fact is Akavi - a NZ Citizen working for the Red Cross - was abducted by ISIS years ago and kept it secret fearing that according to them it would jeopardize her safety. Does it mean that secrecy would help in this case to ensure her safety - quite the opposite would have been much more appropriate.
This type of thing is seriously questionable - the atrocious attack on Christchurch is condemned by anybody - but the NZ Government has not condemned the conduct of ISIS in this case. Even now not a word of condemnation from the NZ Government Sending some people to search for her is just not good enough.