Two North Otago men accused of kidnapping a man last week are facing seven charges including kidnapping and assault of a male at Moeraki last Friday, unlawfully entering and remaining in his house and another house at Moeraki, threatening a second man and assaulting him twice. The charges stemmed from an incident where the men…
Months after the completion of the review of adventure tourism in New Zealand, regulations have finally been drawn up. The new regs, made under the Health and Safety in Employment Act, don’t take effect until October 2011 – three and a half years after the drowning death of British tourist Emily Jordan sparked a review…
Another cautionary tale about rip off prices during the 2011 Rugby World Cup has emerged. Ceana Priest, writing for the Waikato Times said that Waikato motels have been warned not to price gouge ahead of the RWC: Waikato Motel Association president Mike Ward said hiking up room rates during peak demand was a “bloody rip-off”…
Today’s Dom Post had published a story saying that Reverse Bungy NZ in central Wellington has been closed due to safety concerns. Apparently the capital city’s tourist attraction has something of a “chequered safety history” over the last 14 months. The Dom Post states that the Department of Labour had been investigating the mechanical failure of…
Today’s Stuff is carrying a story about an Australian tourist who was flown to hospital after being cut by a boat propeller in Ruakaka Bay, Marlborough Sounds shortly before midday. The woman, who is said to be 49 year old Catherine Carlyle from Adelaide, came into contact with the propeller as she jumped off the…
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