Three and a half hour's drive north of Wellie, up near Taupo is Mount Ruapehu, a volcano that erupted pretty recently. We drove up on Friday night and then skied Whakapapa on Saturday and then Turoa on the Sunday. Pretty good snow but long long queues to get up the mountain which when it only takes ten minutes to get back down again, an hour of queuing is not a good ratio.
I also got knocked over by an out of control beginner snowboarder and spent a few days last week with delayed concussion! I will buy a helmet.
(check it out
http://www.google.co.nz/search?pq=mount+ruapehu&hl=en&cp=23&gs_id=13&xhr=t&q=mount+ruapehu+eruptions&client=safari&rls=en&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1273&bih=620&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi )
No, you want a shotgun for snowboarders!
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