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Panorama Image: The Valley Prepares For Opening
Panorama image of the Valley ski-area - being prepared for
opening. Taken from the Upper Mountain
Cafetaria at
Whakapapa on the first day of skiing on the upper mountain
this season, Monday July 5th 2004.
(Note this image is a
high resolution of the view from the Snow.co.nz
TeHeuHeu Snowcam
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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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