Mount Hutt Ski Area, New Zealand, Extends Season by a Week Great news for New Zealand skiers––after an on-and-off season due to covid-19 lockdowns, Mount Hutt ski area announced yesterday that it will be extending its season by a full week. They will now close on October 25th, 2021. Well, it’s rumour no more… it’s a fact! We are stoked to announce that we will be skiing and riding an extra […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | September 30, 2021 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Areas Will Reopen Tomorrow as Country Moves to Alert Level 2 Ski resorts in New Zealand will reopen tomorrow when the strict lockdown expires at midnight tonight. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today that all of the country, with the exception of Auckland, will move to Alert Level Two. Related: New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months The […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | September 7, 2021 0 Comments
Ski Fields Still Can’t Reopen as New Zealand Extends Strict Lockdown Yesterday, the New Zealand government extended the nationwide lockdown amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19 infections, meaning ski fields have to remain closed. Related: New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months The entire country re-entered the strictest, level-four lockdown, originally for three days, last Wednesday. “The best thing […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | August 24, 2021 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned the country to strict lockdown on Tuesday after the country’s first coronavirus case since February was reported in Auckland. The patient, a 58-year-old man, contracted the Delta variant of the virus. Yesterday, ski fields in New South Wales, Australia, were forced to close as a strict lockdown was enforced there. Related: Australian Ski Fields […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | August 17, 2021 2 Comments
VIDEO: Child Falls From Chairlift at Mount Hutt, New Zealand Kiwi Brains | July 20, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Travel to Australia and New Zealand is Officially a No-Go For Americans This Winter If you have a U.S. passport that means you’re probably not going to make ski season in New Zealand and Australia happen this year. This will mark two southern winters in a row where skiing & snowboarding will be off-limits to foreigners down under. Related: Ski Season in South America Likely Off-Limits to U.S. Citizens This Year: Chile and Argentina […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | July 13, 2021 1 Comment
Eager Riders Stay Overnight at Mt Hutt, NZ, to be First to Ride New Chairlift on Opening Day A group of eager skiers and boarders slept overnight at Mt Hutt resort in New Zealand to be the first to ride the resort’s new eight-seater Nor’west Express chairlift on opening day today. The group, all donning t-shirts with the slogan ‘First on Chair’, came prepared for the all-nighter with beer and portable speakers. “You can’t sleep, it’s like so […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 11, 2021 0 Comments
Tiny New Zealand Ski Club Beats the Big Boys in Race to Open A little known ski-club near Canterbury, New Zealand, has beaten the big boys to be the first resort open after a huge storm dumped almost two feet of fresh snow on the area. At short notice, Hanmer Springs opened today, June 3rd. It is the first time in the resort’s history that they have been opened for the Queen’s Birthday, a […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 3, 2021 0 Comments
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