North Island ski fields face ‘horrendous’ season

October 2022

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October 2022

MSC's Tom Harris says the North Island snow season is a sign of things to come.
A warm winter is having a brutal effect on the North Island’s alpine industry. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts has let go a third of its mountain workforce – about 135 staff – as a lack of snow keeps much of Tūroa and Whakapapa ski fields closed. And it’s looking like Manganui Ski Field on Taranaki Maunga […]
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