LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 28, 2008) – Snow Sports New Zealand today announced the Mathieu Crépel, current half pipe and big air world champion, will compete at next week’s LG FIS Snowboard World Cup halfpipe event at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

Day pass purchasers for The Remarkables can enjoy free transport to the ski area for the month of September.

Dedicated new recycling bins have been installed in central Arrowtown and are set to be installed in central Wanaka.

At a meeting this afternoon (Tuesday August 26) between Queenstown Rafting and the Queenstown Lakes District Council, it was agreed that rafting could resume on the Shotover River after a major slip near the river’s edge finally fell last week.

Find out what’s best for the future of family, business and lifestyle at the What’s Best? Expo on 25 October at the Otago Polytechnic Cromwell Campus.