New Kiwi Curling Facility Author: May is the start date for New Zealandâs third dedicated curling centre. A new two-sheet indoor curling rink is nearing completion in Alexandra, New Zealand. The new rink will join existing four-sheet rinks in Naseby and Dunedin as the country’s third dedicated curling facility. Alex, as it is colloquially known to New Zealanders, is a bustling town of 6,000 in the South Island of the country. Located in the Central Otago area, Alex is one of the most inland locations in New Zealand. This produces very hot summers— it’s one of the main stonefruit and winegrowing regions—as well as very cold winters. These winters have produced a lengthy local history of outdoor curling, dating back to the goldrush days of the 1880s.