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Stranded woman says no more tramping
A 19-year-old woman who spent a "helpless and hopeless" night stranded on Mt Ngauruhoe wearing a hoodie and yoga pants, says she will never go tramping again.
Rescuers amazed by hiker's resilience
A team of search and rescue specialists and police were "preparing for the worst" while searching for a woman who spent a night 1500m up Mt Ngauruhoe.
Night up wrong mountain in yoga pants
A woman survived a freezing night 1500m up Mt Ngauruhoe after she became separated from her group and climbed the wrong mountain.
Tongariro National Park: Easy hike among giants
Tongariro National Park turns on a bright blue day for a ramble to its even bluer lakes, writes Josie Dale.
Central North Island: Snow in July - you can rely
Paul Charman on the joys of a weekend driving around the Central Plateau.
Critically hurt digger driver working for Kiwirail
A digger driver who was critically injured after being hit by a train this morning was carrying out work for KiwiRail.
Mt Ruapehu: Adventures in the snow
Rachel Grunwell offers tips on how to survive taking the kids on a ski holiday.
Tongariro will always be open: Iwi
New Zealanders will still have free access to Tongariro National Park and its surrounds despite a report confirming his people's belief its peaks were never gifted to the Crown, says paramount chief.
Diesel spill clean-up begins
Work to flush a stream contaminated by a large diesel spill at Tongariro National Park has begun.
Small earthquakes could spark volcanic activity
Mount Tongariro has been rattled by numerous small earthquakes in the past few weeks, which could spark an increase in volcanic activity, GNS Science says.
Tongariro Crossing: Alpine adventure
Donna McIntyre feels her fear of heights and does the Tongariro Crossing anyway.
On track to a Kiwi classic
Three volcanoes, a castle and a train make for magical holiday ingredients, writes Elisabeth Easther.
Teen airlifted off Tongariro Crossing
A 14-year-old boy has been airlifted off the Tongariro Crossing this afternoon.
Experts: Tongariro could erupt again
The immediate threat of eruption at Mt Tongariro has passed but there remains a chance of another sudden eruption within the next two weeks, GNS Science says.
School trampers get explosive lesson
Tamatea Intermediate School's volcano studies took on unexpected realism as Tongariro erupted in front of a fifth of the Hawkes Bay school's pupils on a trek during their end-of-year camp yesterday.
Volcano safety warning
Police say they would "discourage" sightseers from travelling to Mt Tongariro following an eruption at the Te Maari crater today.
Tongariro: Call of the wild
Lydia Jenkin drops the shops and experiences a Ladies' Weekend with a difference - caving, climbing and trekking in Tongariro National Park.
Tongariro: Rite of passage
Cliff Taylor dodges missiles and fickle weather on the Tongariro Crossing.
Tongariro: Of willows and wetlands
Fraser Crichton joins a Project Tongariro field trip kayaking at Waimarino Wetland Reserve on Lake Taupo.
Tongariro: Mountain magic
A moonlit weekend gives Fraser Crichton an opportunity to find out more about Project Tongariro's high-tech Tongariro Alpine Crossing experience.
Mt Tongariro tracks to be reopened
Officials are looking at reopening tracks which have been closed since the mountain's eruption.