Emily Jordan River Boarding Death – Rescue Approach "ill educated"

ODT 20 August “A whitewater sports expert has told a Queenstown court hearing that a rescue rope could have saved the life of a young English woman who drowned while riverboarding in the Kawarau Gorge last year. The belief that ropes and knives could become hazards themselves in white-water situations was “ill-informed and uneducated”, a…

Emily Jordan Riverboarding Death – Boyfriend Critical Of Risks Briefing

Johnathan Armour, Emily Jordan’s boyfriend (see ‘British woman Emily Jordan’s death‘ and ‘Emily Jordan not briefed on how to escape’) today gave evidence via video link from the UK to the court hearing in New Zealand. He criticised the safety briefing given to the couple prior to their river boarding experience, saying if he’d been…

Palmerston North Hammer Attack On Teenager Blake Coleman

19 year old Blake Coleman (photo Manawatu Standard) Source Stuff.co.nz “The phrase “hitting the town to get hammered” has taken on a whole new meaning for a Palmerston North teenager. When Blake Coleman, 19, questioned the ages of a group of young teenagers drinking Woodstocks outside a city bar about midnight on Friday, he was…