AUCKLAND -- Back in the 1980s, the wild alpine beauty of New Zealand's Southern Alps was a winter haunt for hardy skiers, deer shooters and trekkers. Summer, with the snow gone, would empty the region's two main towns, Queenstown and Wanaka.
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