The potential new owner of the Whakapapa ski field has expressed interest in operating the famous Chateau Tongariro hotel.

Ruapehu's mayor wants the government to establish a special taskforce to help find a new owner for the Chateau Tongariro Hotel. The famous central North Island hotel was shut in February last year ...

Photo / Supplied Whakapapa Holdings is interested in reviving the shuttered Chateau Tongariro Hotel. The historic building is seismically unsound and has been empty and decaying for two years.