Sky Waka’s no-refund policy leaves Ruapehu visitors hanging
Opened in 2019, the Sky Waka is a 1.8 km cable car in the Tongariro National Park.
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Australia’s worst ski season: Early closures and carpet burns
Gum trees, snow melt and strips of astroturf.
'Bittersweet' birthday for ski fields: Parties, ploughs and discount passes
There are bumper birthday celebrations at a couple of ski fields this week.
How Govt's Ruapehu lifeline curdled to a horrible hash of bad debt and new Crown spending
OPINION: How the Crown came to write cheque after cheque for Mt Ruapehu's ski fields.
Company sentenced over ski bus crash that killed schoolgirl
The ski field company earlier admitted two charges brought by WorkSafe over the crash.
Snow problem as records fall on magic mountain
Snowfall on Ruapehu is bringing the best skiing conditions for years there.
Ministers apologise for ‘flawed’ engagement with iwi over Ruapehu skifields
Documents have been released under the Official Information Act.
'Big smiles, sunburn and sore legs': Ski operators stoked with two metres of snowfall
"It feels like a reward for everyone’s who’s hung in there."
Ruapehu ends extraordinary lift pass sale after rocky start to NZ ski season
Season pass holders to be far fewer following last-minute doorstep sale.
NZ’s favourite ski fields and winter holidays as voted by Kiwis
We reveal the best New Zealand ski fields and favourite winter holidays, as voted by Kiwis
Travellers flock to Ohakune for school holidays
The late notice of Mt Ruapehu's ski fields opening left some businesses out in the cold
Ruapehu skifields enjoy steady start to the season
Skiing set to return to the Central North Island after years of disruptions.
Snow and people return to Mt Ruapehu slopes
The shift to an El Nino climate driver has helped improve conditions for making snow.
Editorial: Govt financial bailouts need a longer lens
EDITORIAL: Support measures cannot be a blank cheque.
Ruapehu to open tomorrow, after last-minute snow and Govt grant
Winter is back on at Ruapehu after a flurry of snow and an eleventh-hour government grant.
'Thanks for sticking with us, we are set to open': Embattled Ruapehu ski operator says after Govt loan
RAL makes statement after Govt offered $5 million loan to ensure ski season goes ahead.
NZ's best ski fields according to experts with over 1m vertical metres
The equivalent of descending 113 times down Everest, it’s something very few achieve.
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts funding: What political parties say
Parties across Parliament seem to agree funding is not a great look, but needed to happen.
'Hopelessly insolvent' Ruapehu Alpine Lifts officially put into liquidation
Operator of the Tūroa and Whakapapa ski fields officially put into liquidation.
Ruapehu ski passes on sale as soon as next week following $1 bid for mountain
Lift passes could be on sale as early as next week under the new ownership.
Ruapehu hapū want consultation before new ski field operators are signed off
Concern concessions will be 'rubber-stamped'.
Opinion: The right and wrongs of selling the Ruapehu Ski fields
Not everything in relation to the Ruapehu ski fields should be about profit.
‘Intention to open’ Mt Ruapehu’s ski fields this season as $81.6m debt revealed
Negotiations with potential buyers are ongoing: administrators.
New Ruapehu ski field operators close to being revealed
Ruapehu mayor says deal settlement is close on who will be taking over the ski areas.
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts’ future still unclear
Four bids have been received for Mt Ruapehu's skifields.
Appeal to crowdfund millions to keep Ruapehu skifields in public hands
Campaigners believe skifields cannot run for a profit.
Ski field operator pleads guilty to fatal mountain bus crash
Auckland schoolgirl Hannah Francis died after an RAL-operated bus crashed near Tūroa.
Ohakune restaurants took $287k Covid cash, now broke
An award-winning "hamburgeria" turned Tapas restaurant and bakery are now in liquidation.
Minister backs Ruapehu’s tourism re-think
Ruapehu's destination management plan proves a hit with tourism minister
First bid on the table for part of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts
A new entity wants to set up a publicly owned company to buy the Turoa skifield.
Ruapehu’s slippery slopes: The uncertain future of snow sports in a climate emergency
The Conversation: The future of snow sports on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu remains uncertain.
Clock approaches midnight for Ruapehu ski field
Administrator says only days remain to save North Island ski field from liquidation.
The Conversation: Ruapehu’s slippery slopes: The uncertain future of snow sports in a climate emergency
The future of snow sports on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu remains uncertain for many reasons.