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NEW ZEALAND Ski News, Jun 13, 2012

Coronet Peak is a short ride from central Queenstown.
At home in the morning, skiing overseas in the afternoon
Sydney Morning Herald
After waking up in Melbourne, Scott Spits enters his own Winter Wonderland in New Zealand by early afternoon. Imagine this: you wake up in your own bed but you're hitting the downhill slopes of a ski resort – in another country - by early afternoon.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Kiwi soars at US Masters
Stuff.co.nz
He won the event from five other jumpers and broke the New Zealand junior boys record for good measure. "It was a bit of a shock to win," said King, who is back in Christchurch after a season he only dreamed about at the start of last summer.
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Thousands hit the slopes as ski season kicks off
TVNZ
Source: NZ Ski Over 1000 skiers and boarders hit the mountain slopes for the official start of this year's ski season this morning. The cold snap that brought snow to much of the South Island this week means southern ski fields are well prepped for the ...
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Southern hemisphere 2012 season underway
Snowboard Club UK
Following the early opening of Perisher in Australia blast week, more Australian ski areas and the firstNew Zealand ski areas are all opening this weekend (June 9th/10th). Southern Africa's only operational ski area, Afriski in Lesotho, ...
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Ski fans, get ready for the lift... in prices
The Age
Adding to the financial woes of the $600 million alpine industry, as the ski season officially opened this weekend, is increased competition from international resorts, particularly in New Zealand. An Ernst & Young report obtained by The Sunday Age ...
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Skiing Kicks Off Down Under
About - News & Issues
By Mike Doyle, About.com GuideJune 12, 2012 According to STUFF.co.nz and Marc Greenhill, more than 3000 skiers and snowboarders packed the slopes at New Zealand's Mt Hutt's best opening weekend in seven seasons. A heavy midweek snowfall made for over 2 ...
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Skiers pay dearly for flurry of investment
Sydney Morning Herald
The strength of the Australian dollar makes things look even more extreme when comparing prices at Thredbo and Perisher with their equivalents in Europe, North America, Asia and New Zealand. Come the ski season, the Australian Alpine Club - which owns ...
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Bookings boom for ski season opening
The Australian
Major Aussie ski resorts open this weekend New Zealand has also had good snowfalls Photo gallery: World's best ski parties AUSTRALIAN ski resorts are experiencing a surge in last minute bookings for this weekend's official opening after good early ...
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Peppers Adds First Australian Ski Destination to Its Luxury Retreats and ...
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
A further two properties were also added to the Peppers New Zealand network this year - Peppers Parehua Martinborough and Peppers Awaroa Lodge in Abel Tasman National Park - to bring the network to a total of 28 properties across Australia and New ...
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Turoa ski field set to open but without snow
Stuff.co.nz
Ski area manager Hamish McCrostie described conditions as fantastic. "We're absolutely ecstatic to be open ... It's great for Coronet Peak, great for Queenstown, and great for tourism in New Zealand."
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NZ's South Island faces power outs
Sky News Australia
NZ's South Island faces power outs Updated: 18:08, Wednesday June 6, 2012 Thousands of people in Canterbury are without power after a storm swept up New Zealand's South Island on Wednesday, dumping snow on New Brighton beach and setting the ski fields ...
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Queenstown officially opens for ski season
Voxy
Snow lovers will be carving it up tomorrow (9 June) at Coronet Peak, Queenstown's closest ski area, which will be the first of the region's six commercial ski fields to open and one of only two in New Zealand. Snow Park NZ is scheduled to open next ...
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North ski fields face opening delay
New Zealand Herald
For almost every region in New Zealand, Niwa was predicting a 50 per cent chance of average winter temperatures and a 40 per cent chance of average rainfall. Niwa's autumn review reported record sunshine across much of the South Island and western ...
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New Zealand Herald
Tonnes of snow fun for ski weekend opening
The Australian
RECORD opening weekend crowds descended on Australian ski resorts over the June long weekend, with snow lovers enticed by good early season falls and deals. "It looks as though we had the biggest opening weekend ever,'' Perisher public relations and ...
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Treble Cone's popular Freeski Programme expands
Snow co
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (11 June, 2012) – The success of Treble Cone's School Holiday Freeski Camps means that young skiers from the age of six years and up can now enjoy the coaching programme throughout the season. Previously the Freeski Camps were ...
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Coronet Peak ski area opens
Voxy
"It's great for Coronet Peak, great for Queenstown, and great for tourism in New Zealand. "It's a huge shot in the arm for everyone. There's a lot of people up there having a lot of fun, releasing that pent-up desire to get in their first runs of the ...
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Queenstown officially opens for ski season
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
With snow blanketing the mountains overnight, Queenstown is buzzing with excitement ahead of tomorrow's official start to the 2012 ski season. Media release from Destination Queenstown Queenstown, New Zealand (8 June 2012) – With snow blanketing the ...
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New Zealand Prepares to Open With More Than a Meter of Snow
OnTheSnow.com
The official start of winter is just around the corner in New Zealand, but already temperatures have plummeted to -5C and many resorts are reporting fresh powder. In fact, the South Island ski resorts of Craigieburn Valley and Temple Basin have more...
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OnTheSnow.com
Southern Hemisphere 2012 Season Underway
SkiNews.co.uk
By Patrick Thorne Following the early opening of Perisher in Australia blast week, more Australian ski areas and the first New Zealand ski areas are all opening this weekend (June 9 th /10 th ). Southern Africa's only operational ski area, ...
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SkiNews.co.uk
Wintry blast for New Zealand ski resorts
Ski Club of Great Britain
Opening day is just around the corner for a number of southern hemisphere resorts, and for some areas in the South Island of New Zealand a big dump has arrived just in time to kickstart the winter season. On Wednesday 6 June Mt Hutt had already ...
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Ski Club of Great Britain
Queenstown ski field open, pumping and dumping
Scene Queenstown
An ecstatic McCrostie says it's a great day for Coronet, Queenstown and New Zealandtourism. “It's a huge shot in the arm for everyone. There's a lot of people up there having a lot of fun, releasing that pent-up desire to get in their first runs of ...
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Scene Queenstown
Skifield all set up for long-awaited opening day
The Ashburton Guardian
There had also been phone calls from throughout New Zealand, including from people in the North Island wanting to know if the mountain would be opening today, and from people in Dunedin wanting to know how long it would take them to drive here.
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Five of the best travel deals
NEWS.com.au
Ph 1300 854 500 or see geckosadventures.com 5 Ski with the Kiwis HIT the New Zealand slopes this winter with a 25 per cent saving when you stay at the Kawarau Hilton Hotel in Queenstown, from $93 a room, a night, twin share. The hotel overlooks Lake ...
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NEWS.com.au
Fast food to master chefs: snow now a foodie's paradise
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
'Food, not so glorious food' has long been the catchcry of on mountain snow food at the Australian and New Zealand ski fields. Many a time I have resented handing over buckets of dosh for buckets of high fat, high sugar, week old food served up by a ...
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Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Smart Traveller: Ski lifts open early with rollicking parties
Sydney Morning Herald
For latest snow conditions in Australia and New Zealand, see mountainwatch.com. Familiar Territory The season to visit the Northern Territory is also under way, with most roads and sites open after the annual wet. The chief executive officer of Tourism ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Wind and snow set to hit South Island
New Zealand Herald
"The southwest flow affecting New Zealand this week is likely to make its presence felt," he said. Between 5-10cm of snow could accumulate down to about 300m and nearer sea level, passing showers would likely be sleety or snowy.
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Best start to ski season in a decade
Sydney Morning Herald
He said New Zealand was expected to have a similar season to Australia. ''They're probably going to be late starting. I can't really see any decent snowfalls for the next couple of weeks there,'' Mr Taylor said.
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Treble Cone Expands Freeski Programme for Youngsters
Ski Channel
The two five-day holiday camps (starting July 2 and 9) are led by eight-time New Zealand Freeski Open champion Geoff Small, working alongside a top team of coaches including Alex Lynden, Jamie Adcock and Campbell Smith, who will continue coaching ...
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Ski Channel
New Zealand Prepares to Open With More Than a Meter of Snow ...
NZ has up to a meter of pre-season powder already; resort openings start Saturday. - OnTheSnow. ...Your Local News Roundup. Pacific Northwest This Week ... The first ski resorts to open will be Coronet Peak and Mt Hutt – this Saturday – and the others will follow over the next couple of weeks. OnTheSnow has all the latest snow conditions and opening dates for New Zealand: Coronet Peak – opens June 9. Coronet Peak received 10cm of new snow last night, bringing the depth to ...
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News
Queenstown officially opens for ski season | infonews.co.nz New ...
By Destination Queenstown
Snow lovers will be carving it up tomorrow (9 June) at Coronet Peak, Queenstown's closest ski area, which will be the first of the region's six commercial ski fields to open and one of only two in New Zealand. Snow Park NZ is scheduled to ...
infonews.co.nz All news
Perfectly timed snow gives ski resorts a lift | Stuff.co.nz
By Anna Turner
The Queenstown ski season will officially get under way this weekend, with Coronet Peak set to open tomorrow.
Stuff.co.nz - News
Crowds Of Skiers For Season Start | Stuff.co.nz
By Marc Greenhill
More than 3000 skiers and snowboarders packed the slopes for Mt Hutt's best opening weekend in seven seasons.
Stuff.co.nz - News
Craigieburn Hit by the Big One | infonews.co.nz New Zealand's local ...
By Craigieburn Valley Ski Club
infonews.co.nz · INDEX ... Committee member Tony Preston got a big surprise today when he logged into the Craigieburn Valley Ski Area page on facebook. Over 16600 people had been on the website overnight! And the topic of interest?
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The North Face Freeski Open of New Zealand ... - Ski Union - MPORA
By Kel
Registration is officially open! Here's what they had to say in their press release! The North Face Freeski Open of New Zealand has well and truly established itself as the largest multidiscipline open freeski event in the southern hemisphere.
Ski Union
Ski Destinations for Summer | Healthcare Concerns
By DenManiko
We do however re-publish articles, being a Website that is dedicated to the syndication of all important news. We re-publish articles that are of any major interest. We appreciate the financial and moral support that we ... Beautiful, scene-free and all about having a good time on the snow and off,New Zealand has two major ski resorts on the North Island and seven on its South Island. The latter's Wanaka Lake serves as the ski town for a few of the best: Treble Cone (treblecone.com), ...
Healthcare Concerns
Ski area opening as planned | Otago Daily Times Online News ...
By Christina McDonald
Inspecting one of Coronet Peak's 116 snow-making machines on Wednesday are ski area manager Hamish McCrostie (second from left) and field staff (from left) Mark Eldring, John Rawlinson and Pete Deuart. Photo by Christina McDonald.
Otago Daily Times:
Perfect start to ski season | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
By Olivia Caldwell
Coronet Peak opened in perfect conditions on Saturday morning. More than 200 patrons were lined up at the chairlift for the cutting of the ribbon, the first having arrived at 4.30am.
Otago Daily Times:
Record breaking opening ski weekend - Yahoo! New Zealand News
It's been a record breaking opening weekend on the ski slopes in the South Island.
nz.news.yahoo.com/.../record-breaking-opening-ski-weekend/
Snow dump gives NZ ski season great start - Seven News Queensland
Ski fields in Canterbury are reporting phenomenal snow falls this week as the season gets under way with the opening of the Mount Hutt skifield on Saturday.
au.news.yahoo.com/.../snow-dump-gives-nz-ski-season-great-s...
Strong Opening for NZ Ski Season: Two Open in One Day
Where am I? Home > About New Zealand Ski > News > News Detail ... New Zealand has one of the strongest starts to the opening of its ski season with the ...
www.newzealandski.co.nz/new-zealand/ski-details/.../1576/
Wanaka Ski Lodge » Alpine safety courses open, South Island, New ...
Avalanche and alpine safety course registrations have opened for the 2012 winter season, with those keen to get into the back country in hunting or alpine ...
www.wanakaskilodge.co.nz/.../alpine-safety-courses-open-sout...
Snow storms blanket NZ southern ski areas
Fri, 8 Jun 2012 01:36:44 +0000 | Snow lovers are celebrating the start of the New Zealand skiseason with a snow storm delivering more than 70cm...
ski.com.au/cgi-bin/admin/news/vnews.pl?ad=-102424...
Season starts in New Zealand | FamilySkiNews.com
If you're planning to ski down-under this summer, theres's loads of snow in New Zealand right now. Over a metre has fallen in the past few days (1.25m within 24 ...
www.familyskinews.com/.../season-starts-in-new-zealand-3192...
SKI.BG > SKI in Bulgaria > New Zealand Prepares to Open With ...
SKI.BG covering in Bulgaria and around the world; skiing news, ski resorts facts and info, ... The official start of winter is just around the corner in New Zealand.
www.ski.bg/wmview_en.php?ArtID=9873&fen=0
New Zealand ski fields ready to open - Tourism New Zealand
With the heavy snow that has blanketed New Zealand's South Island this week Tourism New Zealand is making sure Australia is aware that the 2012 ski season is set for a strong start. ... market guides. News & FeaturesTourism news from TNZ ...
www.tourismnewzealand.com/.../new-zealand-ski-fields-ready...
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