To find out if the Franz Josef Glacier is receding or advancing and to measure the speed of the glacier's movement. What is a glacier? In the high regions of the world where the air temperature is ...

Paid parking will be trialled at the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, Franz Josef Glacier on the West Coast, and the Aoraki Mount Cook National Park next summer to help ease visitor pressures and support ...

Franz Josef Glacier, Milford Sound, and Aoraki Mount Cook National Park. The fees are expected to bring in about $71m a year. Charging only international visitors will yield about half that.