On top of Mount Ruapehu, Tūroa's offers the highest lifted pistes in New Zealand and 720 meters of vertical descent. Skiing takes away life's traumas, writes Winston Aldworth. Any parent who has ...

Near Mount Ruapehu’s summit lies Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe). It’s heated by hydrothermal system within the volcano, so it remains warm all year (roughly 50 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit) and is ...