(Scroll down for update) New Zealand’s reputation as a safe tourism destination took another blow today with a Northern Advocate report about several tourists being injured on commercially operated “fast boat” rides in the Bay of Islands. The paper says that all the tourists were injured in the Excitor III, a 300 horsepower boat in…
We were saddened to hear about the death of Swedish tourist Ivar Sturesson-Bolin who was found deceased at the bottom of a waterfall in Nelson Lakes National Park this morning. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends for their tragic loss. Unfortunately Mr Sturesson-Bolin is one of many tourists who have met…
Te Anau’s tourism reputation is in danger after a gang of drunken youths assaulted visitors to the town recently. The story was picked up by the Southland Times who reported that Constable Glen Matheson, of Te Anau, said a group of seven visitors was attacked at the skate park on the outskirts of the central…
Why is it that in New Zealand councils seem to think that putting signs up is the answer to dangers in play parks? You’d think after the scalding death of the little Toromon in Rotorua’s Kuirau Park, councils would have learned that signs are not enough where the safety of young children is paramount. This…
Poor Steve and Sarah Haskey, they’re one of many, many touring couples to have been robbed in NZ this summer. The honeymooing couple from Wrexham, North Wales were in New Zealand on the “holiday of a lifetime” when their video camera, memory cards and passports were stolen from their rental car as they stopped briefly…
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