Our readers know that we often write about adventure tourism related deaths and serious injuries on this blog and a while ago we commented on the death of Paul Woods – A British general surgeon at Dunedin Hospital he died when the jet boat he was a passenger in flipped after hitting a gravel bank in…
(scroll to bottom of page for update) Despite the two recent deaths and the call for the wearing of helmets to be made compulsory (see our blog yesterday) the manager of the Mount Hutt skiifield has said there will be no changes to the off piste policy on Mount Hutt. Skiiers are basically out there…
Another skiier has died on Mount Hutt. A 54 year old woman is thought to be the third person to be killed on the mountain this season. One News reported that the woman was seriously injured when she fell 700 metres on to rocks and ice at 3.15 pm today. She was airlifted off by…
The review of adventure tourism, instigated after the father of Emily Jordan called safety regulation in NZ third world, has yet to see the light of day. Mr. Jordan wrote in a letter to Mr Key that he had spent 16 months investigating the way that extreme sports firms are regulated in New Zealand and…
In what must be a landmark decision in adventure tourism in New Zealand company director Alistair McWhannell has just been found guilty of the manslaughter of Catherine Peters. “Adventure company director Alistair McWhannell has been found guilty of the manslaughter of student Catherine Peters, who fell to her death while bridge-swinging last year. A jury…
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