TWZ is the airport code associated with the Pukaki and Twizel area in the Mackenzie district of New Zealand's South Island, a small aerodrome serving the high country around Lake Pukaki. This is the gateway to Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, home to New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki/Mount Cook, and to some of the country's most spectacular alpine scenery. The turquoise waters of Lake Pukaki and nearby Lake Tekapo, coloured by glacial flour, sit beneath snow-capped mountains, and the wider Mackenzie Basin is an International Dark Sky Reserve famous for stargazing. The small town of Twizel is a handy base for the region, for hiking, boating, cycling and visiting the mountains. The area is reached mainly by road through the Mackenzie country from Christchurch or Queenstown, with the aerodrome used for scenic and light-aircraft flights. The climate has warm summers and cold, clear winters.
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