Kahurangi National Park
Guiding on the Heaphy Track
Angus McKenzie has spent the past ten years as a guide on the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park in the northwest corner of the South Island. Audio
Guiding on the Heaphy Track
Angus McKenzie has spent the past ten years as a guide on the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park in the northwest corner of the South Island.
AudioTea bag, burnt sock, vital clues in finding missing trampers
A single tea bag and a burned sock were vital clues that led to finding trampers Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds alive and well.
The pair was found hungry and exhausted last week in a remote part… Audio
Consensus protects deer herd 'susceptible to 1080' drops
Deer hunters say 1080 poison drops threaten a rare herd of fallow deer in north-west Nelson.
Kahurangi National Park grows by record 64,000ha
The West Coast's Kahurangi National Park has been expanded by 64,000 hectares - roughly the same size as Christchurch. The land expansion includes the Mohininui river and catchment. Audio
Jonathan Carson: Paving Paradise
For its supporters a road connecting the Nelson region to the West Coast is a lifeline that could revitalise the West Coast economy; for its critics it environmental vandalism on a massive scale… Audio
Tramper rescued from cliff face after 40m fall
A Takaka woman has been taken to hospital after falling in the Kahurangi National Park.
Stranded families happy to be back home
The rescue of six people from the Kahurangi National Park today highlights the importance of always checking the weather before venturing out into the wildnerness, police say. Video, Audio
Kahurangi rescue
Four-wheel drivers had to be rescued after getting caught out by bad weather. Audio
Kahurangi National Park gains another 890ha
Kahurangi National Park in northwest Nelson is now almost 900 hectares larger.
Kiwi to boost Kahurangi bird count
Two great spotted kiwi have been released in the Flora Valley of the Kahurangi National Park near Nelson, with the aim of increasing the bird's population in the area.
Buller council pushes for Tasman road link
Buller District Council is pushing ahead with an idea for a new road linking the West Coast with the Tasman region, Mayor Garry Howard says.
A new road for West Coast and Nelson?
A plan for a new road linking the West Coast and Nelson-Tasman through part of the Kahurangi National Park is being put forward by the Buller District Council.
C is for Caves
Kieran McKay: A veteran cave explorer whose team discovered New Zealand's deepest cave system in the Kahurangi National Park last year.
Hamish Campbell: A GNS Science geologist explains why New… Audio
