With majestic alpine scenery, a wide variety of terrain, and a family-friendly hut system, the Routeburn is an accessible classic trek YES, THE WELL-KNOWN Milford Track is right next door, but for ...

The best advice for anyone walking New Zealand’s Routeburn Track is to bring a top-quality waterproof jacket and pair of trousers. The Track is a 32km, two- to-four-day hike through forests and ...

Amy Prebble swaps high heels for hiking boots and falls for the wonders of one of New Zealand’s great walks. "You want to walk the Routeburn Track?” my husband exclaims. “I would have thought you were ...

On a clear day in Fiordland you can see for kilometres. Unfortunately, this is not a clear day in Fiordland. In fact there's so much rain falling I'm beginning to wonder if Fiordland even has clear ...

The Czech tourist and her compatriot Ondrej Petr had been tramping in difficult conditions along the Routeburn Track, a mountainous hiking trail on New Zealand’s South Island, when tragedy struck.

Czech tourist Pavlina Pizova gives a press conference at Queenstown Police station after being rescued from the Routeburn Track. She survived for a month in a warden's hut after her partner died. A ...

A man has died on the Routeburn Track, in Mt Aspiring National Park. Police were called to the scene just before 1am. The Department of Conservation describes the 32km long Routeburn Track, one of the ...

Czech tourist Pavlina Pizova recounts her harrowing ordeal after spending a month alone ont he frozen Routeburn track The Czech tourist who watched her partner fall to his death on the Routeburn Track ...