Part history lesson, part hangout, part backcountry odyssey, Paved celebrates the passion and soul of snowboarding in raw, wry and light-hearted style.

Kia ora POW volunteers, 

We are a charity that wouldn't be able to run without the help of our many passionate volunteers. Thanks to all of you for all of your help. It all adds up and with your help we're keeping winter cooler for longer. Read on for some important volunteer updates and opportunities. 

The run of fine weather in New Zealand is now at an end as we descend into a long, stormy, unsettled period that’ll see out winter and take us into spring. There’s a busy schedule of frontal systems lined up, which will bring fluctuating temperatures and bouts of rain, snow, and then sunshine. It’s classic spring-like weather for this part of the world, which strong winds are part and parcel of, with severe-gale force winds expected on Thursday and Saturday.

Through it all, Kiwi resorts will rack up some hefty snowfall totals by the end of Sunday, especially on the upper slopes and on those ski fields closest to the Main Divide, such as Treble Cone and Temple Basin, where up to 30-50+cm could accumulate, while 10-30cm is expected elsewhere in the South Island.