Fifty years ago, Annie McGregor's husband died - along with four others - in one of NZ's worst mountaineering tragedies.

Scientists continue to monitor one of New Zealand's volcanic hot spots as underground rumblings reverberate.

While climbing in Mt Cook National Park Danlio Hegg found an old log book containing some of the most famous names in NZ mountaineering.

Mountaineer Pat Deavoll is gearing up to go back to the high peaks of Asia - on a titanium knee and an ankle fused by metal pins.

The young married couple who died after falling on Mount Silberhorn lived for and loved the mountains.

The distraught wife of missing climber Steve Dowall faces a longer wait as the search for her husband is put on hold due to dangerous conditions.

A missing climber on Mt Cook will likely spend a third night on the mountain after attempts to rescue him were hindered by "atrocious" weather.

Mt Ruapehu has again felt the rumble of an avalanche - this time at its crater lake.

Des Sampson and Russell Baillie go behind the scenes of the film Everest, about the alpine tragedy that claimed the lives of New Zealanders Rob Hall and Andy Harris.

On the 150th anniversary of the first ascent, Jane Jeffries talks to a New Zealander who conquered the mountain that has taken more than 500 lives.

South Island's Agassiz Glacier has been "un-named" as part of a global campaign to remove the use of the name of Agassiz, a Swiss geologist who believed not all races were created equal.

A young New Zealand-born woman whose father and brother died trying to climb the world's deadliest mountain is battling one of the world's biggest banks over her inheritance.

Police have found a sleeping bag and other items believed to belong to missing climber Simon Bell.

A mountaineer aiming to conquer a record 100 NZ peaks - and who once saved a companion's life in a daring rescue - is missing in Mt Aspiring National Park.

Mountaineer Ben Dare will receive a bravery award for an incredible rescue that took 24 hours and a superhuman effort.

Three German hikers have been rescued from Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park this morning after spending a night lost in mild conditions.

The parents of an Auckland woman who died with her partner on a climbing trip to Mt Taranaki have spoken for the first time of the "big gap" left in their lives.

Friends of an Auckland couple who died on Mt Taranaki after getting stranded last Labour weekend are set to climb the peak to remember them this weekend.

A snowboarder who slipped on ice at the top of a steep cliff before plummeting 15 metres was lucky to survive, an onlooker says.

A series of poor decisions and missed opportunities may have contributed to the deaths of two climbers after they spent two freezing nights stuck near the summit of Mt Taranaki.

A woman trapped in blizzard conditions near the top of Mt Taranaki last year texted police for help, saying her partner would not last the night.

A two-day rescue operation to save two climbers stranded on top of Mt Taranaki in blizzard conditions last year was the first of its type, an inquest has been told.

Rescuers have denied there was a "window of opportunity" to rescue two climbers, who later died on top of Mt Taranaki, on the evening before they were found.

The second day of an inquest into the death of two trampers who died on Mt Taranaki last year has begun in New Plymouth this morning.

A tramping group's decision to climb Mt Taranaki despite worsening weather has been labelled "gung-ho" by one of the group.

A renowned Swedish extreme skier who plunged 600m to his death on Aoraki-Mt Cook may have made a miscalculation or had problems with his equipment.

The sister of Denali Schmidt, who was killed with his mountaineer father in an avalanche on K2 last year, is fundraising to take her brother's art on a world tour.