Nicole Leman, 27, died on December 9, 2015, after she fell negotiating a waterfall face.

He's probably sat there going over where he went wrong wondering if this would be the end.

An Australian climber missing on Mt Aspiring for more than 48 hours has been found alive.

Helicopter had to turn back because of weather, but rescuers say he could still be alive.

Rescuers were encouraged by movement of the man's emergency beacon yesterday.

Police were called to the Routeburn Track early this morning. A man was found dead.

Male tramper was not able to raise the alarm when he found himself in trouble.

State Highway 6 has reopened, but some still remain without power on the West Coast.

One person died and six injured, after the 2014 helicopter crash near Wanaka.

A director of the West Coast water export company - which finds itself at the centre of a public maelstrom 25 years after resource

Controversial pipeline would carry water under land and the seabed, pumped into ocean tankers.

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

Czech embassy helping contact dead climber's family.

A man has died after falling several hundred metres on to the Therma Glacier at Mt Aspiring.

Rescuers say it's fortunate there wasn't a double fatality after two climbers fell 200m at Mt Aspiring.

Two tourists in Mt Aspiring National Park on the West Coast have been airlifted to safety after getting trapped by a swollen river.

Severe weather, fatigue and lack of tramping experience have been highlighted as factors in the death of a US exchange student in the Mt Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps.

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.

The body of a well-regarded music journalist who went missing while tramping in Mount Aspiring National Park has been found.

Friends of Scott "Brock" Oliver are coming to terms with news the lively DJ and journalist is presumed drowned after going missing in high country.

A tramper who went missing in a remote and rugged part of the South Island is likely to have been swept away by strong currents before drowning in a gorge.

Searchers looking for a tramper missing in rugged country in the South Island have found tracks leading to a river - but none coming out.

An intensive search has failed to find a tramper who went missing in "extremely difficult" terrain in Mt Aspiring National Park last night.

Josie Dale contemplates the dark green silence of the Matukituki Valley.

The body of a 21-year-old climber who slipped and fell to his death on Mt Aspiring last night has been recovered by a search team.

Intrepid trampers or a bunch of softies? Pam Neville puts the case for guided walks.

Awe-inspiring mountain country amply rewards tramper Conor MacHugh.

The Department of Conservation is interviewing a man in connection with a fire that burnt more than 100ha of forest and tussock land high in the Mt Aspiring National Park.

The Department of Conservation is planning to replace the swing bridge on the walking track leading to the Roy Roy glacier in the Mt Aspiring National Park.