In environmental news, Mount Ruapehu appears to be our country's first major casualty of climate change.

The company behind the Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields at Ruapehu is in voluntary administration, thanks to no snow and two years of Covid.

James Renwick, a climate scientist at Victoria University, explains how climate change will be impacting ski fields and nature based activities.

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