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Heading Off: Anna Thomas on living in Timor Leste

Heading Off: Anna Thomas on living in Timor Leste

Update: 2025-12-03
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Time for heading off, our weekly travel segment, and today we're heading to Timor Leste or East Timor as it was formally known. New Zealand has a close connection with the island nation, sending New Zealand Defence Force troops to join a multinational peacekeeping force in 1999 after violence erupted following the country's vote for independence from Indonesia RNZ Summer Times host Anna Thomas spent the better part of this year in Timor Leste and shares her story with Jesse.
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Heading Off: Anna Thomas on living in Timor Leste

Heading Off: Anna Thomas on living in Timor Leste