Story: Mountaineering
Page 13. All images & media
From page 1 -The New Zealand scene
From page 2 -Beginnings
From page 3 -Aoraki/Mt Cook
From page 4 -Guided climbing
From page 5 -Beyond the central Southern Alps
From page 6 -The age of the amateur
From page 7 -Clubs and huts
From page 8 -Climbing faces
From page 9 -New equipment and new people
From page 10 -Mountaineering today
From page 11 -New Zealand climbers overseas
How to cite this page
John Wilson, Mountaineering, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/8836/media (accessed 17 February 2026).
Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.