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Personal stories - one in real time - were shared ahead of a $226m Wellington cycleway vote.

SPONSORED: Kurow may be tiny, but it punches well above its size with big and bold ideas.

A memo to the LGWM project steering group revealed the study is focused on identifying and understanding the most common walking routes in the city. “We currently count people walking annually, but we don’t study how, where or why they walk or why they may choose not to walk, “ the memo said. “To unlock and better understand which barriers there are to increasing pedestrian commutes and establishing an efficient and engaging pedestrian network we need to understand which environments...

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 11:23 am | Aoraki Mount Cook Visitors to Aoraki/Mount Cook next weekend (29-30 May) will have the chance to participate in the Hermitage Hotel’s ‘Hike 5 for Hillary’, an initiative coinciding with Everest Day to raise funds for The Himalayan Trust. Saturday 29 May marks the day ... More >> Sunday, 24 February 2013, 2:01 pm | Aoraki Mount Cook A major ‘calving’ event on the front face of New Zealand’s Tasman Glacier has created the largest-ever iceberg seen o...

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 11:23 am Visitors to Aoraki/Mount Cook next weekend (29-30 May) will have the chance to participate in the Hermitage Hotel’s ‘Hike 5 for Hillary’, an initiative coinciding with Everest Day to raise funds for The Himalayan Trust. Saturday 29 May marks the day Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay successfully completed the first ascent of Mt Everest. The Himalayan Trust launched Everest Day to acknowledge this great achievement, celebrate the connection betwee...

(Tuesday, May 18). Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ), the Department of Conservation Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Rescue Team and Incident Management Team, and the Otago Rescue Helicopter were jointly recognised for their efforts in rescuing two climbers trapped near Copland Pass on 10 January 2020. When the two climbers, who were stuck on a small ledge and unprepared for a night in the open, activated their distress beacon at 11pm, RCCNZ tasked the Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Resc...

English artist Tom Napper is illustrating every place he visits on New Zealand's North and South Islands.

Southern Alps rescue: Team awarded for saving two climbers stuck near Copland Pass 19 May, 2021 02:47 AM 4 minutes to read From left: Captain Jason Laing, Jim Young, Mark Evans, Jonathan Gillan and Jodie Burton. Photo / Supplied From left: Captain Jason Laing, Jim Young, Mark Evans, Jonathan Gillan and Jodie Burton. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald The team responsible for a night-time high-altitude rescue of two trapped climbers in the Southern Alps has been recognised for their efforts. The Otago R...

Name suppression remains in place for a victim and the man accused of killing her at a Wellington social housing unit Name suppression remains in place for a victim and the man accused of killing her at a Wellington social housing unit 14 May 2021 A 42-year-old man, charged with murder, made his second court appearance today at the High Court in Wellington. Hes accused of killing a woman at the councils Central Park complex in Mount Cook last month. The mans been remanded in custody to reap...

The Department of Conservation is putting its thar control work in a popular hunting spot on hold for at least a year, leaving the job to hunters.