Authorities were called on Saturday night at around 6pm after the solo traveller - got stuck up the mountain, running out of food, water, and phone battery. Poor conditions meant rescuers couldn't be ...

1. Choose the right trip for you. Learn about the route and make sure you have the skills for it. 2. Understand the weather.

Mount Taranaki has a reputation as one of the deadliest mountains in New Zealand A climber in New Zealand "miraculously" survived a fall of 600m (1,968ft) with only minor injuries after tumbling ...

Peter Kirkwood, 33, and fellow Brit Richard Phillips, 46, died while climbing Taranaki Maunga earlier this month. Dr Kirkwood, a Cambridge graduate, was born and raised in Cardiff before moving ...

Five people were rescued off Mt Taranaki in just 24 hours including a person who plummeted 250m down the mountain and another with hypothermia. The rescues have prompted warnings from rescue teams ...

Delays securing land for the Mt Messenger bypass in Taranaki is a sign the Public Works Act needs a drastic overhaul, ...

Vulnerable striped skinks encountered at the Mt Messenger Bypass construction site in Taranaki now have a new home Rotokare Scenic Reserve, near Eltham. A taonga species, the scarcely sighted ...

Rescuers have trekked for almost six hours to reach a hypothermic man on Mount Taranaki, but hope others learn from his sub-optimal experience. Police ...