Couple searching for NZ Ski resort work

Hi, I'm looking for advice and thought this might a good place to find it.

Here's the situation:

My partner and I are from the UK. We are hoping to obtain working holiday visas for NZ and work at a snowboarding resort together. Where accommodation is provided for and we get to ride. Even if we're cleaning toilets, that would be fine as long as we can ride and we are together.

The advice I'm seeking is what is the best way to go about this and when should we start applying for jobs? Are there any resorts that keenly take on seasonal foreign staff? And so on.

We're doing a lot of research but would be handy to get some first hand advice. Cheers.

Pretty much the whole ski industry here relies on temporary workers.

If you want a job in the better areas, you need to be knocking on door mid to late May.

You will (generally) have to sort your own accommodation out and be expected to work a minimum of eight hours a day.