Yesterday we wrote about the highly critical UK inquest into the death of Emily Jordan, who died river boarding in New Zealand in 2008. We also blogged about Kawarau Jet Boat being fined $35,000 for safety breaches. There have been many more deaths and serious injuries since Emily died. Has anything changed since then? The…
Our readers may remember when, in September 2008 Chinese tourist, Yan Wang, died whilst on a Kawarau Jet Boat excursion. The craft she was in flipped at the confluence of the Shotover and Kawarau rivers. She was trapped beneath the 2.5 tonne boat and discovered 90 minutes after the incident, despite pleas from members of…
The tourist killed in yesterday’s jet boat crash in Tauranga Harbour has been named as 63 year old Canadian tourist Richard Evans. Richard Evans, who had been holidaying in New Zealand with his wife, was a highly regarded rugby team manager having been a been a top class referee for many years before that. This…
related story: Another New Zealand Adventure Tourism Fail – Shotover Jet Boat Crashes Against Rock, Again Next time you see the 100% Pure You advertisement that shows a mother and daughters blowing away their cobwebs on a speed boat safari in New Zealand, spare a thought for the people who have been maimed and killed…
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…
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