13th April 2026 Aoraki Mt Cook / DOCThe Department of Conservation is aiming for a winter opening of its new Aoraki Mount Cook swing bridge.
17th December 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / DOCThe Department of Conservation has released the first pictures of how the new Aoraki/Mount Cook swing bridge will look.
4th December 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / DOCThe Department of Conservation has set up security cameras and may issue fines, due to up to 20 people a day accessing closed sections of the Hooker Valley Track, where a new 189 metre suspension bridge is being constructed and explosive work is being done.
27th November 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / GivealittleA Givealittle page has been set up to support the family of Wānaka mountain guide Thomas Vialletet.
26th November 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / PoliceThe bodies of Wānaka-based mountain guide Thomas Vialletet and an American client have been recovered from Aoraki Mt Cook.
25th November 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / PoliceThe pair were part of a group of four climbing the mountain on Tuesday.
12th November 2025 Aoraki Mt Cook / DOCThe next steps in a plan to eliminate all pests from Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park will begin later this month.
15th August 2023 Aoraki Mt Cook / HermitageHermitage Hotel has completed a $6m upgrade of its Aoraki wing overlooking Aoraki Mt Cook.
5th September 2022 Aoraki Mt Cook / DOCAoraki/Mt Cook’s Hooker Valley Track her now reopened to the public following heavy rain that eroded the riverbanks around the bridge in late August.
