When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New Zealand's stunning Aoraki/Mount Cook, the country's tallest peak, is officially 98 feet (30 ...

On October 17, professional ski mountaineers Christina “Lusti” Lustenberger and Guillaume “Gee” Pierrel sunk their ice tools into the shoulder of New Zealand’s highest peak, 12,218-foot Aoraki, also ...

Three foreign climbers, including Americans Kurt Blair and Carlos Romero, are missing on Aoraki/Mt Cook. Search efforts have been paused due to bad weather, but have resumed today. Blair, an ...

A search and rescue mission is underway after three climbers attempting to summit Aoraki/Mt Cook in New Zealand did not meet their pre-arranged transport. Climbing gear believed to belong to the three ...

Mountaineers Caleb Jennings and Kim Ladiges have made the first ascent of Pilgrim, a new mixed climb up the south face of Aoraki / Mt Cook (3,764 m) in New Zealand. Between the 5th and 6th of ...

Aoraki/Mt Cook has taken out winter records for the coldest spot in the country and the highest one day rainfall, according to the latest figures in the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric ...

Department of Conservation staff and the Helicopter Line undertaking search and rescue operations, looking toward the South face of Mt Hicks. Photo / Department of Conservation Two injured climbers ...

An Australian soldier who died on Mount Cook in New Zealand on Wednesday is understood to have fallen into a crevasse when a snow bridge he was crossing collapsed. The 44-year-old special forces ...

New Zealand has marked the one month countdown to the start of the Women's World Cup by creating a full-sized soccer pitch in the remote southern highlands of the South Island, in the shadow of New ...