The trial of the man accused of the manslaughter of student Catherine Peters started today. Catherine Peters, was an 18 year old student in her first year of a veterinary degree at Massey University. She died in March last year from injuries sustained when she fell 20 metres from the Ballance Bridge in the Manawatu…
7 May An Australian tourist from Sydney has been injured whilst performing a bungy jump this afternoon above the Waiau River: From a NZPA report “An Australian tourist is in a stable condition in Christchurch Hospital after slipping from a bungy cord into a river near Hanmer Springs today. The woman, who had been holidaying…
British tourist Emily Jordan died whilst river boarding on the Kawarau River on 29 April 2008. In August 2009 Mad Dog River Boarding was prosecuted for health and safety breaches in relation to her death and fined. At the time of the trial her father Chris Jordan asked for an inquest to be held. Shortly…
There has been another tragic Adventure Tourism related death in New Zealand. In an incident very reminiscent of the drowning of British tourist Emily Jordan, a 58-year-old American tourist, Caroline Lackey, has died after she became trapped under a rock whilst rafting at the Te Hoe section of the Mohaka River yesterday. http://www.wkyt.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4468480&flvUri=&partnerclipid= The trip…
The families of three British people killed in Adventure Sport activities in New Zealand have formed an support and pressure group to push for better regulation of the industry and have called for all operators to be licensed. See ABC News report of a RadioNZ broadcast The families of Emily Jordan, Sarah Bond and Tom…
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