Montalbert Snöprognos

A small part of Paris has been lending a hand on the slopes of Mt Hutt in New Zealand this week. A replica of Rodin’s famous bronze statue ‘The Thinker’ has made his debut on various parts of the Canterbury ski field. The statue’s presence is part of the country’s comprehensive ACC injury prevention campaign which is a government-backed programme that ensures everyone in New Zealand is covered by a no-fault scheme if they've been injured in an accident. Over the past six years ACC have accepted 6,595 snow-sports related injuries in the Canterbury region alone. The idea of ‘The Thinker’, part of ACC’s Preventable campaign, is to encourage skiers and boarders to think before they act and help prevent