Emily Jordan Back in September we predicted the review of the Adventure tourism industry in NZ would probably take years and not months, so it comes as no surprise to hear that the review has just been been ‘extended’. The review was instigated following a request made by Chris Jordan, father of death of British…
The Southland Times is carrying a story this morning about Mad Dog River Boarding lodging a resource consent to expand its business: “On Tuesday last week, Mad Dog lodged a resource consent application with Lakes Environmental that would allow it to take another 100 clients daily on the Kawarau River. It has consent to take…
from The Birmingham Mail, UK. 9 Sept 09 “The father of a young Midland tourist who died during a river adventure trip in New Zealand has pleaded with the country’s prime minister to make extreme sports safer. Law graduate Emily Jordan, from Worcestershire, drowned on a “river boarding” excursion after guides failed to take safety…
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…
27 August – By Frank Marvin in ‘Scene.co.nz‘ “A Queenstown whitewater expert is calling on maritime cops to regulate riverboarding.Stefan Crawford, 41, was speaking after last week’s harrowing trial of Mad Dog River Boarding and owner Brad McLeod after the Kawarau River death of English tourist Emily Jordan in April, 2008. Crawford says Maritime New…
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