US and British Students Who Died on Lake Tekapo Named as Daniel Thomas Hollnsteiner and James Robert Murphy

The two tourists who died on Lake Tekapo yesterday have been named as Daniel Thomas Hollnsteiner, 21, from New York, USA and James Robert Murphy, 20, from London, UK. Our deepest condolences are extended to the men’s family and friends for their loss. Daniel and James were travelling with an exchange group from Monash University…

Emily Jordan Inquest

Father of Emily Jordan, the British tourist drowned in a river boarding ‘accident’ in New Zealand, has told reporters that an inquest into his daughter’s death is to be held at long last. But it is to be heard in Britain. According to the Southland Times (emphasis ours) …Ms Jordan’s father, Chris Jordan, speaking from…

Still No Inquest For Emily Jordan

  Almost three years after her death and there still hasn’t been an inquest into the death of British tourist Emily Jordan. Emily Jordan drowned whilst participating in a commercially organised river boarding adventure on the Kawarau River in New Zealand on 29 April 2008. In August 2009 Mad Dog River Boarding was prosecuted for…