NZ Alpine Team name the pair who fell from Marian Peak in Fiordland.

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet wrote that he'd 'love to explore' New Zealand.

Rescuer killed by avalanche, John Harrison, was one of New Zealand's top climbers.

Two trampers have been airlifted out of a remote hut southeast of Taihape after a suspected case of food poisoning. The two women

An exhausted tramper has been rescued from remote South Island wilderness.

There's no slumming it in the McCaw household, as the newlyweds continue to celebrate married life in beautiful Central Otago locations.

The death of a young Czech man who fell several hundred metres on Mt Aspiring is "tragic", the Mountain Safety Council says.

Two climbers were rescued from Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park last night, in what was described as a "marvellous" piece of flying in poor conditions.

An emergency beacon has mysteriously gone off a year after search teams recovered the bodies of its owners from Aoraki/Mt Cook.

A helicopter pilot says he could smell the fresh earth uncovered by the Kaikoura earthquake hundreds of metres in the air as he flew above the scene.

Mickey Ross is a photographer from Wanaka, New Zealand, who is taking wedding photos to a new level.

Seismic activity has increased at Mt Ruapehu after the lake in the volcano's crater peaked in temperature.

A weather balloon with cameras attached has captured a stunning view of Central Otago from the sky.

Teens unaware that Auckland's volcanic domes are protected heritage sites are carving ugly bike tracks into their sides.

New Base jumpers prone to leap dangerously beyond their experience

High school students among the 80 trapped for two days on Mt Ruapehu are having a great time playing in the snow, says Tukino Ski Field manager.

GeoNet reports rapid rise in temperature in the mountain's crater lake as well as more shakes than usual.

The Czech tourist who watched her partner fall to his death on the Routeburn Track has been touched by tragedy in the mountains before.

The hunter missing in Blue Mountains of South Otago has been found.

Search and rescue teams looking for a missing hunter near Balclutha have called in search dogs tonight.

Eruptions, lahars, faster and better facilities, a catastrophic diesel spill and a devastating arson - it's been a hectic 30 years

A group of hikers had to be rescued from the Austrian Alps after a local guide allegedly got drunk and abandoned them.

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.