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SATURDAY JUNE 24

SNOW CREW

Out on the piste

Screening: Bravo, 6.00pm

’Tis the season for observational documentaries about skifield workers – but in keeping with Queenstown’s reputation as an events centre, it takes a broader perspective than the recent exploring life in the town as well as peril on the slopes. Paul Anderson, chief executive of NZSki, the company that operates Coronet Peak, described it to the as “a more behind-the-scenes look at some of our fantastic crew and how they operate on a

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