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Great frustrations: Milford Track fills up after DoC website issues
The first Great Walk has been booked out but there's hope yet.
Booked-out bunks, bots and other Great Walk booking myths, busted
Many disgruntled walkers want to get to the bottom of what's happening.
The Milford Track: Putting the great into our iconic walks
It's no wonder these are the most hotly contested huts in New Zealand.
Celebrity Eclipse: The White Lotus arrives in New Zealand with bonus waves
Celebrity Eclipse returns to New Zealand.
Lonely Planet picks New Zealand's best walks... with some surprises
Like many of us over the past two years, The Lonely Planet has got into tramping.
'Four days of unstable weather': Electrical storms, gales, snow to sea level
Forecasters expect the storm to linger to the middle of next week.
Airways boss quits after tumultuous Covid years, control tower closure U-turns
Plans to close regional control towers, announced when Covid hit, have been reversed.
Milford Track death: Experienced tramper worked as a lodge attendant
He was suitably experienced and carried a personal locator beacon and a two-way radio.
Body found in search for missing Milford Sound tramper
The tramper was reported missing on Monday just after midnight.
Fiordland cruise company seeks voluntourists for special mission
Fancy a busman's holiday to Dusky Sound?
2000 bunks empty on Great Walks as Aucklanders cancel
Milford track and other Great Walks have rare free spaces for those who can get there.
Last-minute Milford: Great Walk huts open with spaces spare
Cancellations have opened up spaces in Milford and popular Great Walk Huts.
Milford Road still closed due to avalanche risk
Avalanche risk means road to Milford Sound has been closed since last Thursday.
Rare penguin's delightful selfie
Endangered birds colonise remote Fiordland sounds, offering hope of survival.
How to bag a space on a Great Walk this year
There is plenty of space left on the Great Walks, for those who know where to look.
Roads closed and caution urged as NZ battered by snow, gales and rain
Active fronts moving across the country make for a wild, wintry Tuesday.
NZ's most beautiful destination? Michelle Langstone thinks so
Ancient, powerful and serene, an overnight cruise in Fiordland is a moving experience.
New and improved: Milford Track's Mintaro Hut open for trampers
The original hut was found to be sitting in a potential rockfall zone.
Going on a road trip? Five classic Kiwi journeys to take this summer
Get your motor running on these spectacular journeys across Aotearoa.
New Milford Track hut cost blows out to more than $3m
The new 40-bed Mintaro Hut was originally estimated to cost $1.8 million.
Burned vessel spilling oil into Milford Sound
'It pretty much sunk; at the end of the day, that's what really put it out altogether'