Winter events

 

Winter Games NZ  

22 Aug 2009 - 30 Aug 2009  

 

The largest winter sports event outside of the Winter Olympics, Winter Games NZ is a unique winter sports competition. It provides the world's elite winter sports athletes with the ultimate testing ground where they can experiment and explore performance limits against world class competition. Every four years, the Games will act as a direct lead-up to the Winter Olympics providing athletes with an invaluable training opportunity. The first Winter Games NZ will take place at Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, Cardrona Alpine Resort, Snow Farm, Naseby and Dunedin from August 22 to 30, 2009 and will feature disciplines of alpine skiing, free skiing, x-country skiing, snowboarding, curling, ice skating and adaptive snow sports.

 

Whitianga Scallop Festival  

29 Aug 2009

 

Pure indulgence!

A weekend long celebration of Coromandel seafood and cuisine.

Tickets go on sale 01 May for the festival marquee which will be located on the Marina Reserve between 10am and 5pm Saturday 29th August.

Over 60 food and wine stalls, cooking demo's, loads of competitions and great entertainment! On Friday and Saturday nights Whitianga's restaurants and café's will be cooking up a storm and hosting some great entertainment too.

 

American Express Queenstown Winterfestival    

26 Jun 2009 - 05 Jul 2009  

 

Every year since 1975, Queenstown has thrown a party for a very special friend - winter. 2009 will be no different and we would love you to join us.

The recipe is actually pretty simple - you take fireworks, comedy, drag races, birdman action, jazz, street parades, a glitzy ball and that's just in town.

Then we add the mountain stuff ski races, rail jams, night skiing, dog races and plenty of mountain mayhem.

Finally we throw it all in a bowl, chuck in a pinch of "wacky", a dash of "zany" and a couple of good handfuls of "wow" then simmer until June 26 when we get to add the last and most important ingredient - you!

There will an incredible programme with loads of fantastic events lined up over 10 days including all the old favourites and some new special festival twists.

So start planning for the 2009 American Express Queenstown Winter Festival - Friday 26th June - Sunday 5th July. 

 For more info on whats on click here