Anxious moment as Parore drops and loses abseiling device and must improvise.

More than 200 sheep died after they hurtled over a cliff in the Pyrenees mountains.

A missing woman has been found barefoot but uninjured after six days in the bush.

Alpine plants are at risk as climate change and tourism spread weeds to higher altitudes.

Former cricketing star Adam Parore is taking on K2 in the Himalayas.

One dragged two trapped pilots from the wreckage while surrounded by flammable jet fuel.

This is not a joke - Kiwi air is being sold overseas for $35 a pop.

A 23-year-old New Zealander has died after visiting a Polish mountain range.

Review to look at the cause of the accident that killed two climbers last month.

The climbing community is devastated by the death of two friends who fell from mountain.

NZ Alpine Team name the pair who fell from Marian Peak in Fiordland.

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet wrote that he'd 'love to explore' New Zealand.

Rescuer killed by avalanche, John Harrison, was one of New Zealand's top climbers.

Two trampers have been airlifted out of a remote hut southeast of Taihape after a suspected case of food poisoning. The two women

An exhausted tramper has been rescued from remote South Island wilderness.

There's no slumming it in the McCaw household, as the newlyweds continue to celebrate married life in beautiful Central Otago locations.

The death of a young Czech man who fell several hundred metres on Mt Aspiring is "tragic", the Mountain Safety Council says.

Two climbers were rescued from Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park last night, in what was described as a "marvellous" piece of flying in poor conditions.

Preliminary modelling suggests that the earthquake was caused by a rupture of a northeast-striking fault t, but this may be a more complex event.

A helicopter pilot says he could smell the fresh earth uncovered by the Kaikoura earthquake hundreds of metres in the air as he flew above the scene.

Mickey Ross is a photographer from Wanaka, New Zealand, who is taking wedding photos to a new level.

Seismic activity has increased at Mt Ruapehu after the lake in the volcano's crater peaked in temperature.

A weather balloon with cameras attached has captured a stunning view of Central Otago from the sky.

Teens unaware that Auckland's volcanic domes are protected heritage sites are carving ugly bike tracks into their sides.

New Base jumpers prone to leap dangerously beyond their experience

High school students among the 80 trapped for two days on Mt Ruapehu are having a great time playing in the snow, says Tukino Ski Field manager.

GeoNet reports rapid rise in temperature in the mountain's crater lake as well as more shakes than usual.

The Czech tourist who watched her partner fall to his death on the Routeburn Track has been touched by tragedy in the mountains before.

Pavlina Pizova waded through waist-deep snow with frozen feet to reach a hut in the NZ wilderness after her partner died - but her ordeal was far from over.

A hunter who got lost and spent two nights in freezing conditions in the Blue Mountains has vowed to return to the area for some unfinished business.