By RNZ. A remote camera has been installed near one of the most popular huts in the Nelson Lakes National Park in a bid to improve visitor safety. The mountain camera is in place above Angelus Hut ...

The first four-man hut at Lake Angelus was built by the Nelson Ski Club in 1956, and was replaced in 1970. During the 1990s, Angelus Hut became an increasingly popular destination.

The Department of Conservation is asking visitors to Nelson Lakes National Park this summer to help to protect its pristine alpine lakes from an alga that causes mucus-like ‘lake snow’. The ...

In New Zealand’s Nelson Lakes National Park, about 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) above sea level and a two-day hike from nearest civilization, lies Rotomairewhenua, or Blue Lake.

A trip to survey kea in the Nelson Lakes National Park turned into an overnight search and rescue mission for two Department of Conservation rangers, after they heard a person calling for help at ...