Perfect day for Treble Cone opening

Guenther Kaeser and Chris Walsh enjoy a glass of champagne to mark the opening of Wanaka's Treble Cone skifield.

Blue skies made it a blue bird day for skiers and snow boarders, and 30

early birds who waited in line from before sunrise to be first on the six-seater Home Basin Express chairlift were rewarded with a TC season survival pack.

-By Kerrie Waterworth