So far we are aware of at least 6 prosecutions that have been brought this year for 12 fatalities related to adventure tourism related activites in New Zealand. At present it is unclear if the number is so high because of an increase in the number of these types of fatalities, or whether it is…
For more about the trial see: Emily Jordan Mad Dog River Boarding were recently prosecuted in connection with the death of Emily Jordan who died whilst river boarding in New Zealand in April 2008 (see link above) (Update Mad Dog later changed its name to The River Boarding Co.) A few days into the trial…
On the day that the trial of Mad Dog river boarding was so very neatly wrapped up another trial started into the circumstances surrounding another adventure tourism related death in New Zealand. Catherine Peters, an 18 year old student in her first year of a veterinary degree at Massey University died in March from injuries…
from TVNZ “A Waikato adventure tourism company is to face charges over the death of a British backpacker in a quad bike accident a year ago. Sarah Katie Bond, 24, died when she lost control of her quad bike and fell 50m down a steep bank on the Te Anga farm, 30km west of Waitomo…
“The number of overseas tourists injured in adventure tourism activities is close to the number who sustain injuries from driving.This startling figure has emerged from research into injury and fatalities amongst overseas tourists by Massey University’s Dr Tim Bentley. Dr Bentley, from the Centre of Tourism Research at the University’s Albany campus, examined 15 years…
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