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

More than 100 tourists were airlifted out of Fiordland this afternoon.

Tickets for the Milford Track sold out in 90 minutes last year.

Fisherman collapsed and died in the water as horrified wife watched on.

Get out your picnic blankets and put on some sunscreen this weekend.

A person was mistakenly thought to have been lost overboard from the Queen Victoria.

A missing 20-year-old French tramper has been winched to safety in Fiordland.

Taking an emergency beacon with him on a tramp saved a diabetic man's life this weekend. The man was part of a group which was tramping

The quake was just 5km deep and 120km west of Te Anau.

Heavy snow has fallen across parts of the South Island cutting power and bringing down trees.

A record breeding season for New Zealand and the world's population of lovable but critically endangered kakapo has seen their numbers shoot up by an amazing 28 per cent to 157 individuals.

A magnitude 4.3 quake has shaken Fiordland this morning.

A 12-year-old boy has been evacuated from the Milford Track in Fiordland after breaking his leg.

Two teenagers were killed after a beech tree fell on their car as they were driving in Fiordland, an accident which police say was caused by "no fault" of theirs.

Heavy rain is forecast to sweep the South Island this morning as most centres settle in for a drizzly day.

About 100 Southland dairy cows have died or been destroyed after contracting lead poisoning from grazing on a gun club property.

New Zealanders are split down the middle over dual proposals to cut a tunnel or monorail track through parts of Fiordland which contain some of the country's greatest walking tracks.

Deep in the heart of Fiordland National Park, Justine Tyerman explores a lake, an underground power station, an alpine pass and a sound - or fiord.

A helicopter was dispatched from Te Anau with a doctor and police staff, but when they arrived at the scene the man was pronounced dead.

After being stuck in flooded conditions for an extra night, 120 Milford Track trampers arrived in Milford Sound yesterday exhausted, unshowered, but upbeat.

Renewed plans to build a 160km Hollyford-Haast highway through the Fiordland National Park will not stack up environmentally or economically, Forest and Bird says.

A "strong" earthquake has struck Fiordland this morning, GeoNet reports.

The family of missing fisherman Kevin Cosgrove have accepted it is unlikely his body will be recovered from his sunken vessel the Governor.