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More than 130 jobs lost at Ruapehu after poor season
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English - August 24, 2022 19:40 - 3 minutes - 3.44 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The axing of a third of the staff at Mt Ruapehu's skifields is sending reverberations across the region.
About 135 people have lost their jobs, as one of the warmest, wettest winters on record leaves the slopes at Whakapapa and Turoa almost bare of snow.
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, which runs the two skifields, says Turoa is now closed and will require a significant snow dump to reopen.
Ruapehu District Deputy Mayor Karen Ngatai spoke to Susie Ferguson.