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.

Mt Tongariro - long considered a peaceful neighbour to the rowdy Ruapehu - is much more fiery than we ever realised, says a scientist sharing new findings today.

Skiers at Mt Ruapehu faced long delays getting home tonight after roads down the mountain were covered in snow - leading to one incident involving a skidding car hitting a pedestrian.

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.

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

Search resumes for three men who have been missing on Aoraki-Mt Cook since Monday as police warn families to prepare for the worst.

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.

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.

New Zealand's climbing community is in awe of the first solo ascent of a difficult South Island peak in Mt Aspiring National Park.

A special forces soldier who tumbled to his death on NZ's deadliest mountain yesterday was "unlucky", as snow and ice gave way to a deep crevasse, a rescuer says.

It was the Everest of its time, and some 25,000 people try to scale it every year. But the issue of climbing Europe's tallest mountain has come to an ugly head.

This winter was not a good one for farmers in the Fertile Crescent.

When Sir Edmund Hillary said of Mt Everest "we knocked the bastard off", it turns out he meant it literally.