New Zealand ski guide: What's en piste for 2022

Whakapapa's Sky Waka takes visitors on a scenic ride about the world-heritage-listed Tongariro National Park. Photo / Supplied
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In a round up of the country’s ski experiences, Thomas Bywater makes tracks in search of New Zealand’s top mountains and secret snow clubs

Te Tiritiri-o-te-moana - the "partition of the seas" - are what give New Zealand its unique character. The snow-white hair of Aoraki and his waka has been a feature of the Pacific for 15 million years, just waiting to be explored.

When mountaineers from the north saw them they dubbed them the "Southern Alps", reminded of the glaciers and snowfields of home. But "Switzerland of the South" does a disservice to an experience that is uniquely