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…
Five people in a party of fourteen were taken to hospital when a Shotover Jet boat collided with a cliff wall near Queenstown yesterday at 3pm. Among the inured are people from Germany, the United States, Britain and New Zealand. It’s thought that another seven people sustained minor injures and that the boat was damaged…
A brief report into the death of British tourist Tom Donaldson has just been made in the Northern Advocate. According to the paper the coroner said that “Visitors wanting to experience New Zealand’s adventure tourism should be warned that they are taking a risk. That message, from Northland’s coroner, comes as the region prepares to…
The findings of the Coronial inquest into the death of Tasmanian neurologist Dr Stanley Siejka have recently been published in The Press. Tasmanian Dr Siejka died in a fall whilst skiing at the Porters Ski Area in South Island, NZ in September 2009. Dr Siejka’s death was a major blow for medical services in Tasmania,…
Smart Traveller has issued the following advisory for residents intending to travel to New Zealand, dated Tuesday 7 September 2010. Besides the usual warnings about crime, travel, hazardous road conditions, rail crossings, negligent adventure tourism operators and the inherent risks of those types of activities, the site has been updated to include information about natural…
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