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Freshwater Recreation and Amenity Values in Canterbury: Literature Review and Action Plan
Gordon Cessford
Visitor Solutions were engaged to undertake a literature review of freshwater recreation and amenity values for Environment Canterbury. This was related to recreation uses and management of rivers... read more
New Zealand as a safe adventure destination – is it a reality?
Purvi Salla
Adventure tourism has grown rapidly over the years playing a vital role in the economic growth of New Zealand as well as attracting numerous travellers from across the globe to the country. However... read more
Co-governance and co-management of parks and environments hui
Multiple
A Wellington hui explored models that foster collaboration, build respect and facilitate the sharing of knowledge. Together indigenous groups, park agencies, policy makers and other organisations... read more
Decision Making and Intuition of Outdoor Leaders
Mohammad Shah Razak
Decision making theory has been applied to many facets of professional and group behaviour. However, in the field of outdoor leadership, it is still an emerging theory. Although there is... read more
The World Outdoors Summit 2013 resources
Outdoors New Zealand
The World Outdoors Summit 2013 (held in Rotorua 19-22 November) presentations, slides, and videos from presenters can be viewed on the Outdoors New Zealand website summit resources page (see the... read more
The Economic Value of Recreation to Society (PowerPoint presentation to the World Outdoors Summit November 2013)
Paul Dalziel
This PowerPoint presentation to the World Outdoors Summit 2013, provides an overview of work underway to produce analyses of the economic value of the outdoor recreation sector to the Wellbeing of... read more
The Economic Value of Recreation to Society (conference paper to the World Outdoors Summit November 2013)
Paul Dalziel
This paper summarises Professor Paul Dalziel presentation to the World Outdoors Summit 2013, which provided an overview of work underway to produce analyses of the economic value of the outdoor... read more
People, Rivers and Recreation: Fluid Relationships of Place and Experience on the Clutha River, Otago, New Zealand
Andrea Farminer
The relationships between people and their outdoor environments are understood as diverse, complex and often contested with the result that examining the meanings people have for places such as... read more
River swimming in Northland: application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
Kay Booth
The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+) was applied by a River Expert Panel to eight resource and user attributes to assess 45 known river swimming locations in Northland. Few data were... read more
Governance in the New Zealand Outdoor Recreation Sector. In Fact. Sport NZ Knowledge Factsheet Series (1)
Kiri Milne
This In Fact factsheet is the first in a series that Sport New Zealand is producing to summarise key research we have funded. This factsheet summarises recent research on outdoor recreation... read more