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 ...

Their bodies were discovered two days later after a search was mounted by Taranaki Rescue Helicopter, police and Alpine Cliff Rescue crew. Formal identification is under way but New Zealand police ...

Glenn and Lynda Howatson are opening the gates to New Forest Farm for two events during the new Sustainable Farms Trail in Taranaki. Photo / Alyssa Smith Two eastern Taranaki farmers are ready to ...

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 striped ...

Vulnerable striped skinks encountered at the Mt Messenger ... flourish in their new home, creating a secure population in South Taranaki," Gordon said. Native to New Zealand, striped skinks ...