Two missing climbers were found deceased at around 7 this morning.
At 11:20 last night, police were made aware of four climbers needing assistance on the west side of the mountain.
A helicopter from Queenstown flew to Wanaka and picked up the Wanaka Alpine Cliff Rescue Team, while a helicopter from Dunedin flew straight to the mountain and began searching.
The helicopter from Dunedin located two climbers in the group, and airlifted them from the mountain at 2:15 this morning.
The team continued the search throughout the night and were able to locate the other two who fell near the summit and then died.
Aoraki Area Commander Inspector, Vicki Walker, says Police are working to contact next of kin and until that process has been completed, details of the climbers will not be released.
She says the two climbers who were airlifted last night were uninjured and support is being provided to them.
More to come.
