By downunder@mountainnews.com on June 16, 2008
NEW ZEALAND -- The Canterbury region is winning the snow wars on the South Island with Mt. Hutt opening with fresh snow for skiers and boarders. temperatures further south in the Queenstown region hit a balmy 14 degrees Celsius (57 F).

By downunder@mountainnews.com on September 19, 2007
Mt Hutt's annual Spring Back To Hutt festival starts on September 23 for seven days of snowcapped hilarity.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on September 9, 2007
New Zealand has experienced fresh winter snowstorms in the first week of spring, bringing over half a metre of fresh dry snow.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on August 29, 2007
The Austrian Ski team gave Mt Hutt the thumbs up this season as they took their training south of the equator. Herman Maier is already a regular season trainer at Mt Hutt and this year a further two Austrian training camps for World Cup and Olympic racers were run on the mountain.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on August 29, 2007
Ruapehu's new six seater high speed chairlift worked overtime on Saturday, August 25 as a record 12 500 skiers and boarders descended upon the snow fields of Whakapapa and Turoa.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on August 2, 2007
Many of New Zealand's South Island resorts received a blanket of snow just in time for August.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on June 12, 2007
The South Island is first of the rank this New Zealand ski season with two ski areas opening their doors this week.
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By downunder@mountainnews.com on July 9, 2008
NEW ZEALAND - Both the North and South Islands experienced a fierce snowstorm July 5, dumping over half a metre of snow on most of the country’s resorts.