Police have named the man who died following a fall on the Gunn Ridge Track near Whataroa on Friday as Nicolaj Brun.
Bru, 26, was from Denmark and had been living in Christchurch.
Brun died after slipping from a ridge line while on a hunting trip with a friend.
He was killed in the fall, a polive statement said.
"His partner went for assistance and was rescued by police.''