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 ...

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 ...

Mt Ruapehu Rescue. At about 11.30 am, a ... The male used his shirt to help stem the blood loss and managed to apply a make shift splint by tying his legs together below his knees with his shoe laces.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, which runs the Whakapapa and Turoa ski areas, went into voluntary administration late last year, owing about $45 million.