Three climbers missing on New Zealand’s highest peak believed to have died, police say

Search teams suspect two Americans and one Canadian fell while trying to climb 3,724m-high Mount Aoraki

Three mountain climbers - two from the US and one from Canada - missing for five days on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest mountain, are believed to have died in a fall.

The bodies of the men have not been found. But based on footprints seen in the snow on Aoraki during an aerial survey, and items believed to belong to them retrieved from the slopes this week, the search for them has ended, police area commander inspector Vicki Walker told reporters.