Manganui Ski Area - Taranaki, New Zealand

Never Been to Manganui?
We are Mt. Taranaki's Snowboard & Ski Area.
We offer a balance between recreation and conservation,
with small beginner/intermediate, and larger off-piste adventure-type advanced terrain.
People and Place always top the list at Manganui...
We are gearing up for the 2010 season...
long may the skiing/riding on Mt.Taranaki continue!

• Friday, 5 February 2010, 8:23:56 a.m.....Issue 42 of Manganui Notes, e-newsletter of Manganui Ski Area and SMC, in your inbox! (the 1st 2010). Not receiving it, or a new SMC member and not receiving it? Then click here to register!
• Tuesday, 2 February 2010, 9:10:26 a.m.....
  2010 SMC Club Membership rates explained...
  In addition to the annual subs, Seasons Passes are optional, but represent outstanding value for money, especially if purchased at the ‘discounted’ rate. All season passes are now due by 31 May 2010.
  Note for 2010:

1. annual subs increase by 10% (the last adjustment was 2005).
2. season passes increase
3. discounted and full price season passes are now due by 31 May
4. a working bee qualifier is now applied to 'discounted' season passes. Working bees are required to be completed by 31 May to qualify for the 'discounted' season pass rate, otherwise full price season pass rate applies.
5. 1 member working bee still qualifies for 1 free nights accommodation at SMC Lodge, or 1 free days skiing, whichever you chose.
6. all other rates (joining fees, day lift passes) remain the same as 2009.
7. WORKING BEES:  So as you can see from above, working bees are now required to be completed in order to qualify for discounted season passes. The SMC committee is busy finalising job lists and a full working bee schedule based on those jobs. We will publish this prior to our working bee period, commencing in early March. We also intend emailing out each Friday 1 page emails detailing the working bee scheduled for the upcoming Sunday; what the jobs are, what is involved, who to contact if you are keen. We are also keen to pole our members on whether they would be keen to do the working bees, what skills they currently have or what they would prefer doing on the hill. Remember that for the working bee qualifiers, you still receive a working bee ticket, each ticket being valid for 1 nights accommodation at the Manganui Lodge. Working bees are 6hrs duration, and commence at 10am on the mountain, giving attendees time to get up to the area. You can find our working bee schedule on the website working bees page; we will also display it in this section in upcoming e-newsletter issues.

• Saturday 06 June...our fellow North Island brothers at Ohakune's Radio Zero 94.2FM, drove over from 'Kune, and took some video footage of the NZ's first day of the season, Tuesday 12 May, at Manganui! It has now been posted on our Videos page. Check it out!