3 Oct 2023

More money for Ruapehu ski fields

From Nine To Noon, 9:25 am on 3 October 2023
Skiers on a chairlift at Turoa ski field.

Photo: RNZ

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts is to get $7.35 million from the Government to get its ski field operations through to March.

RAL went into voluntary administration last year on the back of a bad ski season, the impact of Covid-19 and hobbled with $45 million in debt.

Of the money announced yesterday $4.3 million is for continuing operations of the two ski fields until March while the remaining $3.05 million is set aside to support the preferred bidder of the Tūroa ski field to complete that purchase, subject to a concession being granted.

The latest injection brings the Government's commitment to bailing out RAL to $20 million. PwC liquidator John Fisk talks to Kathryn about the latest grant.