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Chairlift

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Chairlift

The chairlift is the most comfortable way to ascend the slopes. This single chairlift at Mt Ruapehu was the first in New Zealand, opening in 1954.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-New Zealand Recreation-Skiing-01

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Andrew Troup, Skiing – Commercial skifields, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11856/chairlift (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Andrew Troup, published 2 March 2009.