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Spring specials at Lake Wanaka's snow resorts

Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 10:32 am | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand, (26 August, 2009) – Springtime at Lake Wanaka’s four ski areas offers some of the best ski conditions with warm and sunny climates, great travel deals and uncrowded slopes. The season continues through until early October ... More >>

Private Retreat Attains Mark Of Quality

Friday, 21 August 2009, 10:21 am | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 21, 2009) – Luxury accommodation provider Release Private Retreat has achieved a high-scoring five star Holiday Home rating after just one year of operation, confirming its position as a leading accommodation provider ... More >>

Shotover TOP 10 Holiday Park great for groups

Thursday, 20 August 2009, 1:52 pm | eveNZ

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand (August 20, 2009) – Shotover TOP 10 Holiday Park has invested around $1 million across the site over the past four years to provide high quality yet affordable accommodation for groups close to the popular resort town of Queenstown. More >>

Wanaka Operators Achieve Green Tourism Benchmark

Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 2:13 pm | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 18, 2009) – Twelve Wanaka tour operators have achieved Tourism New Zealand’s Qualmark Green rating for environmentally responsible tourism, including four attaining the highest possible Enviro-Gold ranking. More >>

7th Annual New Zealand Open Comes To A Close

Sunday, 16 August 2009, 2:32 pm | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 15, 2009) New Zealand’s largest snowboarding event, the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, came to a close today after four intense days of competition. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch ... More >>

Anderson and Toutant Win Open Slopestyle Titles

Saturday, 15 August 2009, 11:26 am | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 14, 2009) – Another day of bluebird skies graced Cardrona Alpine Resort, which remained impervious to the clouds, sitting above the inversion layer once again for men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinal and final ... More >>

Halfpipe Competition Shines on Snowboarding Champs

Friday, 14 August 2009, 9:10 am | eveNZ

WANAKA, New Zealand (August 13, 2009) – While the rest of Central Otago was under a heavy cloud cover, Cardrona Alpine Resort enjoyed bluebird skies on the third day of the seventh annual Burton New Zealand Open. Cardrona’s 22’ halfpipe was the ... More >>

True Aotearoa spirit for Winter Games

Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 12:26 pm | eveNZ

Carved pounamu medals and three original pieces of music performed on traditional Maori instruments have been created to give ceremonies at 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games a true Aotearoa spirit. More >>

Top athletes confirmed for Winter Games

Friday, 24 July 2009, 10:14 am | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (July 23, 2009) – A quality field of top international athletes has already been confirmed for the inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games, including a host of Olympians, world champions and national champions, with ... More >>

Tourism Front-Liners Head To Lake Wanaka

Monday, 20 July 2009, 12:22 pm | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA (20 July) – Over 100 delegates from i-SITEs throughout the country will convene on Lake Wanaka for the annual i-SITE conference in September, with all regional centres sending at least one representative. More >>

Winter Games At Lake Wanaka

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 1:39 pm | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (July 2, 2009) – New Zealand’s Governor-General and the Prime Minister will both attend 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games as guests of honour at the inaugural Games which take place in Queenstown, Lake Wanaka, Naseby ... More >>

Winter Games a World First for Disabled Athletes

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 9:57 am | eveNZ

100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games is making history this August as the first elite snow sports event to have able bodied and athletes with a disability compete together. More >>

Tourism NZ's Naming Rights of NZ Winter Games

Friday, 26 June 2009, 5:07 pm | eveNZ

Tourism New Zealand was today announced by Prime Minister and Tourism Minister John Key as the naming rights sponsor of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest winter sports event – the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games which takes place on 21 -30 August ... More >>

Winter Games NZ Adds LG FIS Snowboard World Cup

Friday, 26 June 2009, 1:56 pm | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA (June 26, 2009) – Snow Sports NZ and Winter Games NZ announced today that they will combine resources to host the first stop of the 2009/10 LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Halfpipe tour by scheduling the competition as one of the signature events ... More >>

Top Music Talents Head To Wanaka

Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 11:44 am | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (June 16, 2009) – The beats and bass of top Kiwi and international artists are set to energise Lake Wanaka during the Southern Hemisphere’s premier snowboarding event, the Burton New Zealand Open, in August. More >>

Volunteers Bring Wealth Of Experience to Games

Thursday, 11 June 2009, 11:00 am | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (June 11, 2009) – The lure of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest winter sports event, Winter Games NZ, is such that 18 highly qualified volunteers are travelling from as far away as Canada and Japan, as well as Australia, to help ... More >>

Experience Thrilling Winter Driving Courses

Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 2:44 pm | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (May 20, 2009) – Driving enthusiasts looking for the ultimate winter break can take advantage of a new package announced by Release: Private Retreat featuring advanced winter driving courses in the resort of Lake Wanaka in New Zealand’s ... More >>

Winter Games NZ to make its mark

Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 1:15 pm | eveNZ

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (April 28, 2009) – Information from two expert reports regarding Winter Games NZ has highlighted the economic benefit and global media profile the event will bring to Otago and New Zealand this winter. More >>

Sky Challenge: World's First Real Life Video Game

Saturday, 29 December 2007, 6:32 am | eveNZ

Television sports history was made today at the New Zealand Air Games when the world's first real live video games was trialled by Air Sports Live and leading aerobatic pilot, Jurgis Kairys. More >>

Air Games A Success For Future Of Air Sports

Saturday, 29 December 2007, 6:28 am | eveNZ

As the first Air Sports Live, incorporating the New Zealand Air Games, closed to the spectacular display by top aerobatics pilot Jurgis Kairys of Lithuania, organisers and competitors declared the event a huge success. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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