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Whakapapa

By sheer raw scale Mt Ruapehu dominates skiing in New Zealand. This, the more northerly of the mountain’s resorts, is the biggest, busiest and just plain burliest mountain experience in the country.

Mt Hutt

A giant spiky baseball mitt specifically aligned to snaffle Pacific storms and leave their clouds eviscerated like white plastic bags flapping on a clothes line. Two-metre overnight dumps? It’s happened more than once. No wonder Mt Hutt is often the first ski resort in Australasia to open.