Soutter will be laid to rest this week but her family is already keeping her memory alive.

Victim who died after a bus rolled near Tūroa skifield was a young woman.

Ellie Soutter was set to compete in the junior world champs in NZ next month.

The development will incorporate Cardrona and the new Soho Basin Ski Area.

Sarah Dajani checks out the best learners' slopes in Central Otago.

Skiing takes away life's traumas, writes Winston Aldworth.

Snow fields across New Zealand are all starting to open. / Coronet Peak / Mt Hutt / Treble Cone

Watch live streaming of the Legends of Steel event in Queenstown.

Ice castles light up the slopes of the Queenstown ski resort.

They arrive with the first snow in the high slopes of Zao Onsen, thrilling Japanese skiiers.

On the side of snowy Ruapehu, Whakapapa is one of the North Islands top ski resorts.

Majestic mountain scenery - Dave Watts picks 25 slopes with the X factor.

Dylan Cleaver hits the slopes of Sun Peaks, British Columbia, hallowed stomping ground of Canadian skier Nancy Greene.

If you're looking for a place to keep the kids busy or just starting out on the snow, these resorts are ideal for a family skiing holiday.

Queenstown's big mountain experience with terrain that welcomes first timers to seasoned skiers and snowboarders.

Queenstown's Coronet Peak ski field offers flood-lit slopes and apres ski to keep you up on the pistes at all hours

Cardrona Alpine Resort offers 345 hectares of skiing and snowboarding for New Zealand's Southern Lakes

Justine Tyerman previews the ski season at Cardrona.

In his 28th straight winter, Paralympic skier Adam Hall's won slalom gold at PyeongChang.

Corey Peters had a tough ask to match or better his 2014 Paralympic giant slalom silver.

Corey Peters' pursuit of a split second faces scrutiny on the slopes of PyeongChang.

Corey Peters will lead the New Zealand team into the Winter Paralympics at PyeongChang.

Corey Peters' aerodynamic work in the wind tunnel. Source: HSPNZ

Back in Essex, England, just outside of London, the weather looks... bad? Not for Billy Morgan and Paddy Graham. The guys took their snowboard and skis and went for an urban shred.

New Zealand's Winter Olympic medal winners scoffed pies to celebrate their arrival home.

Carlos Garcia Knight finished 11th in the final of the big air at the Winter Olympics.

Whangarei-based paracyclist Nau Puriri is hoping to qualify for the Paralympics.

When Shaun White stood on top of the pipe for his third run, he was trailing the leader.

Paralympic hopeful Cassie Cava was kicked off the team while recovering from gang rape.

Recently released footage shows Olympic star's horrific snowboarding crash last year.