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  • File: The Outdoor Safety Code

    The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council encourages the use of The Outdoor Safety Code across all outdoor activities, sports and recreations. For more infor visit www.outdoorsafetycode.co.nz Produced by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council www.mountainsafety.org.nz 1. Plan your trip Seek local knowledge...
    onSun, May 15 2011

  • Blog Post: New Zealand Coroner's Report has Lessons for all of us

    The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council (MSC) has issued a press release regarding the New Zealand Coroner's Report on the deaths of six high school students and a teacher on April 15, 2008 in a canyoning accident on a program run by the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre (OPC). I blogged...
    onSun, Jul 18 2010

  • File: Coroner's Findings on New Zealand Canyoning Fatalities

    This is the official New Zealand Coroner's final report on the April 15, 2008 canyoning accident on an outdoor program in New Zealand that resulted in the deaths of six students and a teacher. This was a tragedy for all of New Zealand. The report is a reminder, and a wake-up call for all outdoor...
    onSun, Jul 18 2010

  • Blog Post: Jumping the Railing: Is Outdoor Education Losing Its Sense Of Adventure?

    I recently returned from leading a semester program to New Zealand for college students interested in environmental studies. As part of the semester, we travelled with a guide to Arthur's Pass National Park on the South Island to learn more about alpine ecology. While in the park, we took a trail...
    onWed, Jul 30 2008
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