The potential new owner of the Whakapapa ski field has expressed interest in operating the famous Chateau Tongariro hotel. The building located near Mount Ruapehu was shut indefinitely in February ...

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.