Winter Games NZ

Update: See the Winter Games NZ event schedule.

The Winter Games NZ is the biggest winter sports event outside of the Winter Olympics. This massive event is spread out over Queenstown, Lake Wanaka, Naseby and Dunedin and features over 800 of the world’s top athletes competing in 26 snow sports disciplines ranging from ski racing to curling, snowboarding to skating as well as a full adaptive skiing programme.

Winter Games NZ provides elite winter sports athletes from around the world 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 giving athletes an invaluable training opportunity. Many of the medal winners on the podium in Vancouver in 2010 will have honed their skills on the slopes of the Southern Alps, whether in the halfpipe, on the race course or the ice rink.

The ten-day long Games also include plenty of off-snow activities for spectators and athletes with live music and entertainment in downtown Queenstown and Wanaka.

Events include:

• Alpine Skiing
• Cross Country Skiing
• Curling
• Figure Skating
• Snowboarding
• Freestyle Skiing
• Ice Hockey
• Demonstration Sports