Mount Ruapehu, seen from the road leading up to the Whakapapa Village Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance
Ruapehu skiers will be able take to the slopes this winter - but many questions remain about how Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields will operate. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts remains in voluntary administration but administrator John Fisk has announced it will "soon" sell winter season passes for 2023. No precise date or cost has been outlined, nor has the status of life pass holders been clarified. RAL had received $10 million from the government, but administrator John Fisk says more is needed. A group of life pass holders and the Save Mt Ruapehu Skifields Group are soon to form an incorporated society, as part of a proposal for the ski fields to be community owned and not for profit. Kathryn speaks with PWC partner and RAL co-administrator Richard Nacey and Robert Krebs, from the Life Pass Holders Association, and member of the creditors committee.
