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Winter underway in Mackenzie Country
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 2:02 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
The quirky and the traditional is what visitors can expect from an events lineup designed for winter fun amongst the breathtaking beauty of the Mt Cook Mackenzie region. Lake Tekapo’s famous Alpine Springs is iced up and ready to host slick ... More >>
Mt Cook Mackenzie snowfall bodes well for winter
Friday, 4 June 2010, 2:30 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
A week of consistent snowfall in New Zealand’s Mt Cook Mackenzie region has created outstanding conditions for the launch of this year’s ski season. More >>
Iconic NZ Landmark Celebrates 75 Year Milestone
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 4:10 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO, will join generations of Mackenzie Country residents next month in celebrating the 75th Jubilee of one of New Zealand’s most famous landmarks - The Church of the Good Shepherd in Lake Tekapo. More >>
National Cycleway Success For Mackenzie Region
Friday, 12 February 2010, 10:25 am | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
“This is the biggest thing to happen to Mackenzie tourism since The Hermitage was built and a guy called James Mackenzie rustled some sheep!” said a rapt Phil Brownie after hearing the news that the Mackenzie region has been shortlisted for the New ... More >>
Lake Tekapo i-SITE Visitor Centre to open tomorrow
Monday, 30 November 2009, 3:45 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
Visitors to Lake Tekapo will be greeted with an official 100% Kiwi welcome from tomorrow (Tuesday 1 November) when New Zealand’s newest i-SITE opens at the Lake Tekapo i-SITE Visitor Centre. More >>
Hundreds do ‘Hard Labour’ in Twizel
Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 1:32 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
More than 700 runners and bikers from around New Zealand and Australia did ‘hard labour’ in Twizel over Labour Weekend. The popular annual sporting event started with a 19.2km off-road Pyramid Run on Saturday 25 October, followed by the inaugural ... More >>
High country highlights for school holidays
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 3:16 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
Spring is in the air and New Zealand’s Mt Cook Mackenzie region is lining up plenty of affordable on and off-the-snow activities to keep families entertained for the coming school holidays. It’s been a bumper season for the region’s three ski ... More >>
New caper for Twizel ‘hard labour’ weekend
Monday, 14 September 2009, 10:46 am | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
A new event has been added to the mix for Twizel’s popular ‘Hard Labour Weekend’ line up (25-27 October). Entries are open for all weekend events which now includes the inaugural ‘Canal Caper’ on Sunday 26 October as well as the 19.2km off-road ... More >>
Mid-winter madness hits the Mackenzie
Monday, 27 July 2009, 10:10 am | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
Mid-winter madness has hit the Mackenzie region with a host of crazy events on and off the snow. Kicking it all off is the infamous Ohau Hooley and Irish Winter Olympics tomorrow (Saturday 25 July). There are all sorts of shenanigans up on the ski field ... More >>
Mackenzie ski area wins supreme award
Monday, 20 July 2009, 4:48 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
Mike and Louise Neilson’s Ohau Snow Fields and lodge operation recently picked up New Zealand’s Snow Sports’ supreme award for best large ski field service provider in New Zealand, as voted by the public through the www.snow.co.nz website. More >>
‘All systems snow’ for Mt Cook Mackenzie region
Monday, 22 June 2009, 1:29 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
It’s ‘all systems snow’ in New Zealand’s Mt Cook Mackenzie region which is rolling out the white carpet for the start of the ski season. More >>
Entries cranking for Queen’s B'day fat tyre race
Monday, 25 May 2009, 4:40 pm | Destination Mt Cook Mackenzie
More than 620 riders from around New Zealand are entered for the eighth annual Run 79 Lake Tekapo Mountain Bike Pursuit this weekend (Sunday 31 May). More >>