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Research for the Land Safety Forum
Land Safety Forum member organisations have carried out a wide range of research projects related to land safety prevention.

Research publicly available online

New Zealand Mountain Safety Council

New Zealand Search and Rescue

Department of Conservation

Other research

This research may be accessed with an application to the relevant organisation.

New Zealand Mountain Safety Council

Aspects of the research are available on request.

  • Analysis of Covid-19 Impact on Outdoor Recreation Participation
  • Impacts and Influencers
  • Injury Causation Research

Department of Conservation

  • Great Walk Guest Survey – Exploring Visitor Satisfaction and Preferences
  • Novel Safety Signage for Load-Restricted Structures
  • Visitor Behaviour on Conservation Land: A literature review

New Zealand Search and Rescue

  • Public Expectations and Perceptions of Search and Rescue in New Zealand
  • Rescued Person Research
  • Visitor Risk Perception and Messaging Influence – New Zealand Search and Rescue: Research programme report 2020