A million tourists visit Milford Sound every year, including on cruise ships. What is the level of risk from natural disaster New Zealand is prepared to accept?

Milford boys track and field head coach Shane Bartholomew sees athletes daily checking out the records board posted near the ...

Home to green beech forest, glacier-carved fiords and the country’s tallest waterfall, the Milford Track in Fiordland is New ...

Once only accessible by foot or boat, Milford Sound is now an easy daytrip from Queenstown by car, tour bus or scenic flight. Snaking along the edges of New Zealand's longest lake, Lake Wakatipu ...

Thomas Bywater's top picks of New Zealand's 950 scenically appointed ... It's no wonder then that when the Milford Track opened in June, all 120 bunks booked out for the season in 40 minutes ...

But an even more devastating catastrophe could happen at one of New Zealand’s most iconic tourism destinations, Piopiotahi/Milford Sound. And it is unclear how this disaster can be prevented.

Once only accessible by foot or boat, Milford Sound is now an easy daytrip from Queenstown by car, tour bus or scenic flight. Snaking along the edges of New Zealand's longest lake, Lake Wakatipu ...

New Zealand’s Milford Track is touted as the finest walk in the world, and it’s no surprise since it’s been at the top of its game for 125 years ...

But an even more devastating catastrophe could happen at one of New Zealand's most iconic tourist destinations, Piopiotahi/Milford Sound. And it is unclear how this disaster can be prevented.