NZSki Ltd, or nzski.com'
manages three major New Zealand commercial ski fields; two in Queenstown,
The Remarkables, New Zealand, The Remarkables and
Coronet Peak
Coronet Peak is a commercial skifield in Queenstown, New Zealand located seven kilometres west of Arrowtown, on the southern slopes of the 1,649-metre peak which shares its name. A popular ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere, Coronet Peak off ...
, and
Mt. Hutt nearer to
Christchurch
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. The company is based in
Queenstown. It was formerly part of the
Mount Cook Group
Mount Cook Group was a New Zealand tourism and transport operator founded on 2 April 1912 by Rodolph Lysaght Wigley. Originally a road transport business, the ''Mount Cook Tourist Company of New Zealand'' became a public company in 1928. By 1930 ...
{{Citation needed, date=August 2008, which was bought by
Air New Zealand
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in 1984 and
split up in 1989.
[John McCrystal ''On the Buses in New Zealand: from charabancs to the coaches of today'', Grantham House, Wellington, 2007]
In 2002,
Air New Zealand
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sold NZSki for
NZD
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27 million to joint venture
Southern Alpine Resort Recreation Limited
Southern may refer to:
Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
* Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US
* Southern Airways Express, ...
, comprising NZSki management,
Millbrook Resort
Millbrook Resort is a luxury resort near Queenstown, New Zealand. It is located 4 kilometres to the west of the historic gold-mining town of Arrowtown. The resort covers 650 acres of the Wakatipu Basin - a glacial valley bordered by the C ...
developer
Graham Smolenski
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People
* Graham (given name), an English-language given name
* Graham (surname), an English-language surname
* Graeme (surname), an English-language surname
* Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer
* Clan Gr ...
,
Tourism Milford
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Ltd and
Trojan Holdings
Trojan Holdings is a major privately held New Zealand tourism company, based in Queenstown.
The company is owned by founder Sir John Davies, a former mayor of Queenstown-Lakes and prior to that mayor of Queenstown Borough. As of 2019, Davies has ...
Ltd.
news release
o
boardtheworld.com
website, retrieved 2010-06-29
See also
*The Remarkables
The Remarkables ( mi, Kawarau) are a mountain range and skifield in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Located on the southeastern shore of Lake Wakatipu, the range lives up to its name by rising sharply to create a remarkable backdrop ...
*Coronet Peak
Coronet Peak is a commercial skifield in Queenstown, New Zealand located seven kilometres west of Arrowtown, on the southern slopes of the 1,649-metre peak which shares its name. A popular ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere, Coronet Peak off ...
*Mount Hutt
Mount Hutt ( mi, Opuke) rises to the west of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand, above the braided upper reaches of the Rakaia River, and 80 kilometres west of Christchurch. Its summit is 2190 metres above sea level.
The Ne ...
External links
Official NZSKI.com website
The Remarkables official website
Coronet Peak official website
Mt. Hutt official website
Ski Queenstown official website
References
Entertainment companies of New Zealand
Companies based in Queenstown, New Zealand