In fact, in 20 years of coming here, I've barely heard one. That's despite Mount Ruapehu's two ski resorts – Turoa and Whakapapa, 50 minutes apart on opposite sides of the mountain – with New ...

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL), operators of Mt Ruapehu, announced today that both the Whakapapa and Turoa ski areas will be closing on Sunday 30 October 2005. Mt Ruapehu will be the last ski area in ...

Both access roads to Ruapehu's ski fields are now open after blizzard conditions brought a huge dump of snow. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts manager Simon Dickson said both the Whakapapa and Turoa fields ...

The previous operator of both Mt Ruapehu's ski fields, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, went into administration two years ago, and while a preferred bidder was found to run Whakapapa, that fell through.

Under level 2 Mt Ruapehu ski fields remain open but restrictions have been put in place. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts chief executive Jono Dean said it was asking mountain visitors to practise social ...

You can stay on the South Island in New Zealand's quintessential mountain town, Queenstown, to explore the Southern Alps and see some of the country's most beautiful areas. If volcano skiing in a ...

The Government has agreed to give Ruapehu Alpine Lifts a $6 million loan to prevent the company from being liquidated and to enable the ski fields at Mt Ruapehu to open over winter. It hopes the ...

In environmental news, Mount Ruapehu appears to be our country's first major casualty of climate change. The company behind the Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields at Ruapehu is in voluntary ...

A private bid to run the Whakapapa ski field on Mount Ruapehu has been accepted by the Department of Conservation. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts had run both the Whakapapa and Tūroa ski fields on the ...

A central North Island iwi has filed court action against Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka and the Department of ...

The two ski areas, which are among New Zealand’s largest, are owned by the same company and located on opposite sides of Mount Ruapehu. Should they be forced to close permanently, it would leave ...