Aoraki/Mount Cook — Please attribute to Aoraki Area Commander Inspector Vicki Walker.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Please attribute to Aoraki Area Commander Inspector Vicki Walker: It’s now five days since three international climbers were reported overdue from a planned summit of Aoraki Mount Cook – our highest mountain.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — A climber has been lifted off Mt Sebastopol, near Mt Cook, this afternoon after suffering moderate injuries in a fall.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook —   News the Mackenzie Basin has been designated an International Dark Sky Reserve is expected to bring stargazers from around the world to the region and significantly boost tourism in the area.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Stargazers and visitors heading to Aoraki Mount Cook early next month will be in a great location to witness a spectacular once-in-a-lifetime astronomy event.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — An estimated five million ton iceberg ‘calving’ at Tasman Glacier Terminal Lake yesterday (April 30) has ensured sensational viewing for visitors for the rest of the season.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — At about 8.48am on 7/2/12 Police were advised of a fatal crash on Tasman Valley Road, Mt Cook.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Guests aboard Glacier Explorers boats today (January 31) witnessed the result of a spectacular glacier calving at Tasman Glacier Terminal Lake that occurred around daybreak today – believed to be the largest since the Block and Basal* calving triggered by last February's Christchurch earthquake.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Following their nomination by the NZ Police for search and rescue efforts in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, The Helicopter Line has been awarded an NZSAR certificate of achievement.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Yesterday's Christchurch earthquake triggered a spectacular glacier calving at Tasman Glacier Terminal Lake that is believed to be the largest freshwater Basal* calving in the world to be caught on camera.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Passengers aboard two Glacier Explorer boats encountered numerous waves of up to 3.5 metres as around 30 million tonnes of ice collapsed into the Tasman Glacier's Terminal Lake following today's major earthquake.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Twenty-four followers of The Aetherius Society - a worldwide spiritual organization dedicated to help heal and uplift humanity – will scale Mount Wakefield (6,561ft) in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park on Christmas Eve as part of a sacred pilgrimage.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Thirty to 50 million tonnes of ice has crashed off the Tasman Glacier Terminal Face in a massive calving that has resulted in at least 20 significant 'bergs floating in the Tasman Glacier Terminal Lake – adding more drama and spectacle to an already dramatic landscape.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — If a group in Brasilia vote for world heritage starlight reserves in July, former Cabinet minister Margaret Austin will have played a key part in fighting to get world night sky reserves established.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — Prime minister John Key this week gave his backing to NZ's world starlight reserve project. The feature below is a backgrounder to how the proposal came about.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — A search is being carried out for a missing tramper overdue in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — It’s taken more than a year of elbow grease and some Kiwi ingenuity but a new reminder of Sir Edmund Hillary was finally unveiled at Aoraki Mount Cook last night (9 December).

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Aoraki/Mount Cook —  A search is underway in the Aoraki Mt Cook Village area after a 32 year old Malaysian Tourist was reported missing from the YHA.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook — The Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park's newly refurbished and extended visitor centre is officially open, Associate Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson announced today.

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