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Stories of joy amid destruction
The first smoke of the funeral pyres was wafting over what remained of Nepal's magnificent Hindu temples.
The first smoke of the funeral pyres was wafting over what remained of Nepal's magnificent Hindu temples.
A leading charity has warned it could be years before Nepal fully recovers from the deadly earthquake that ripped through the country on Saturday.
Three days after the deadly earthquake that claimed more than 3700 lives, several New Zealand families continue to wait for news of their loved ones.
Terrified Kiwi Everest trekker Elizabeth Farrington clung to a large rock for dear life as Saturday's avalanche roared over her.
A newlywed British couple ran for their lives and clung desperately to ice axes rammed into the ground to survive a terrifying wall of snow on Everest after the Nepal earthquake.
Raw footage shows the moment an avalanche caused by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal hits Base Camp on Mount Everest.
Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second night out of doors in Kathmandu last night as severe aftershocks continued to terrify people.
When Nichola Ireland saw TV news reports of the devastation in Nepal, she feared the worst.
At least 17 people, including five working for a New Zealand company, were killed at the Mt Everest base camp in Nepal by an avalanche.
Kiwis in Nepal have spoken of yesterday's terrifying earthquake and say the country needs help urgently.
Kiwi hikers trekking down from Mount Everest base camp have described their panic when the devastating quake - which has killed at least 1800 people - hit.
The video was recorded by a security camera in Nepal where an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 on Richter scale took place on 25th of April 2015.
At least 718 feared dead as Nepalese earthquake leads to utter destruction. "Sherpas believe that a lot of people may have been buried in their tents."
A Canterbury postgraduate student is cycling through Australia, Asia and Europe on his way to a UN climate congress.
It may be the world's tallest mountain to climb, but now China has set itself an even greater Mt Everest challenge: attempting to bore a tunnel straight through it.
The climbers who each year attempt to follow in Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's footsteps to the summit of Mount Everest are threatening to bring environmental disaster to the roof of the world.
Twenty-six years ago, Nicholas Jones' father tested his youthful stamina on the mountainsides of Nepal. Recently, he returned to the roof of the world with his sons to relive his trekking adventure.
Former NZ Olympic hockey player and her British partner, who were feared missing in a deadly snowstorm in Nepal, believed to be safe and in touch with family.
Kevin Pilley flies on Buddha Air for a close encounter with the Goddess of the Sky. Well, almost ...
The search continues for people caught in a blizzard and deadly avalanche in Nepal this week, and concerns remain for New Zealanders in the area.
Few people in New Zealand, despite its long mountaineering tradition, or elsewhere, are likely to remember the names of 16 Sherpas who lost their lives recently .
The first climber to scale Everest since Sherpas went on strike after 16 were killed in an avalanche has been accused of cheating by flying to the mountain's upper reaches by helicopter.
Good intentions are being abused in voluntourism, says Neesha Bremner.
I'm sure I can speak for all of our World Vision team when I say that if it hadn't been for our porters and guides, none of us would have come close to climbing Mt Kilimanjaro last year.
Wanaka firm Adventure Consultants has cancelled its 2014 Everest expedition following Friday's fatal avalanche.
'I can't imagine stepping over them.' Most sherpas have decided to leave Everest, saying they will not climb the mountain while their friends are still buried in the snow.
It was the deadliest avalanche to hit Everest, with 13 sherpas killed. Now the mountain's guides are threatening a boycott to press their safety concerns.
On a Himalayan journey, Winston Aldworth has his breath taken away by the scale of Everest.