This three-day Southland loop walk offers access to spectacular national park scenery and the remnants of what used to be New Zealand's busiest milling town. Once a year, keen hikers take on Stump the Hump - a midnight tramp across the track's 55-kilometre-stretch.
Fiordland National Park is at risk of being turned into a theme park warn opponents of a proposed monorail.
With its sheer cliff faces, rainforest-clad valley floor, countless waterfalls and razor-tipped mountains, Fiordland's Milford Sound is a sight to behold from any angle.
Kayaking on the sound allows visitors to explore independently, finds Joe Dodgshun.
The MS Volendam can accommodate 2000 people, including staff, but few New Zealanders take advantage of this unique way to see southern Aotearoa.
The author of the hugely-popular 1,000 Places To See Before You Die reveals her absolute favourite travel destinations.
Police have named a Sydney woman who died after falling over 400 metres down a slippery ice face in the Fiordland National Park. She had planned to celebrate her 39th birthday. It was left to rescuers to tell the woman's husband of her fate
An Aussie man who fell 40m down a slippery ice face with his wife while climbing in the Fiordland National Park....
Moose were released in Westland in 1900 and in Fiordland in 1910 but unlike other such introductions they were not a success.
Boaties are being asked to check their vessels for hitchhiking seaweed, after a noxious Japanese kelp turned up in Fiordland.
Milford serves up toil and pleasure in equal measure, writes Pamela Wade.
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has been enjoying an active holiday.
Paul Rush finds Fiordland's alpine Kepler Track a challenge, while others dash over it in record time.