Vulnerable striped skinks encountered at the Mt Messenger Bypass construction site in Taranaki now have a new home Rotokare ...

He maybe slid about 150m down the mountain which is quite a reasonable distance and - as a result - his legs just got ...

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 to ...

Taranaki Rescue Helicopter assisted the Taranaki Alpine Cliff Rescue team in reaching the trio. One person had hypothermia ...

Police are reminding anyone planning an adventure outdoors to plan for the worst, after a busy weekend rescuing five people on Mount Taranaki.The ...

View of a comet in the sky above Mt Taranaki (Egmont) and Parihaka, taken 4 October 1882, by Thomas S Muir. Identification of photographer from record for similar image held in the collection of Puke ...

Egmont National Park’s premier 2–3 day tramp offers spectacular views of Mt Taranaki and the surrounding countryside. The 25 km track passes through forest, alpine tussock fields and the unique ...

Pouākai Hut is Egmont National Park's most popular hut. Pouākai Hut and the nearby campsite will close from 30 September for redevelopment. Pouākai Hut and the nearby campsite will close for bookings ...

A bill reversing the former Labour government's ban on new oil and gas exploration has passed its first reading The coalition has promised to lift this ban by the end of this year in light of energy ...

Indie rock band, Mt. Joy, was due to perform at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday but fans were asked to leave the open-air venue due to lightning in the area. The ...

A few months ago, I spent some time on the newly revamped Yamaha MT-09, a bike that’s been around for a solid decade. Wow, saying that makes me feel old! I was so taken by it that I requested a ...

The previous evening in the Refuge de Tête Rousse, the first overnight stop on the usual route up Mont Blanc, there had been an army of Gore-Tex-clad men, recounting summit stories while ...