We hope that this finds you all enjoying the start of 2012 whether you’re basking in summer or chasing the endless winter.

A mystery nomination has seen Cardrona’s Adaptive Volunteers honoured by TrustPower’s Community Awards.

Each year TrustPower acknowledge the hundreds of unpaid hours that volunteers dedicate to their own communities.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has named that Adam Hall is a finalist for IPC Best Male Athlete Award. This is a massive announcement which puts Adam alongside other well- known Paralympians throughout the world.

The Cardrona Grom Prix (NZ Freeski & Snowboard Junior Nationals) is done and dusted for another year and what an apt way to finish the southern hemisphere winter; the biggest junior event of the season.