By the time Nathan Longhurst was standing on top of the Footstool, a 9,080-foot peak in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, a crowd had gathered in the valley below. Larry and Maren Longhurst, his ...

By the time Nathan Longhurst was standing on top of the Footstool, a 9,080-foot peak in the Southern Alps of New Zealand ... Famous destinations like Mount Cook, the country’s highest peak ...

Despite the long flight, a 14-day cruise from Sydney to Auckland checks all the sight-seeing, cultural and culinary boxes.

Simply, New Zealand is deemed geographically ... has an eight-hour tour to Mount Sunday just outside the Southern Alps. Fans of the “Lord of the Rings” films know the rocky hill better as ...

The science of glacier loss is clear: in a warming world, less snow will be retained and more ice will melt. This is why the ...

He has begun the challenge at Stirling Point in Bluff - the southern tip of New ... in Northland. Mr Cook said he expected to climb the equivalent of approximately 10 Mount Everests in elevation ...

Snow and ice are also culturally and economically important in New Zealand. Winter snow draws skiers and alpinists to the mountains, while the glaciers of the central Southern Alps are ...