
Happy Valley at Whakapapa is a magic place to learn to ski
Happy Valley at Whakapapa has long been one of the best places in New Zealand to learn to ski

Happy Valley at Whakapapa has long been one of the best places in New Zealand to learn to ski

The New Zealand ski season has arrived, with fresh snow, improving conditions and more terrain now open across the country.

After a slow start to the 2026 ski season, this is the type of system skiers and snowboarders have been waiting for.

About the same time every year, a strange creature emerges from the New Zealand countryside: the New Zealand skier

If you’re skiing at Coronet Peak this winter, Night Ski should be on your radar.

The Remarkables could become New Zealand’s largest ski area under a proposed expansion that would add hundreds of hectares of new terrain (262 hectares to

Week by week reports of how the 2026 ski season is progressing in New Zealand.

Early season has always been a tricky time for New Zealand ski fields. With the reliance on natural snow and colder temperatures, sometimes Mother Nature

Like everyone at this time of year, we’ve been looking through the weather pattern data and trying to predict what the 2026 New Zealand ski

The earliest confirmed start is Coronet Peak, opening limited terrain on 29 May thanks to snowmaking, with most major fields – including The Remarkables, Cardrona