Research publicly available online
New Zealand Mountain Safety Council
- A Hunter’s Tale: A deep dive into hunting incidents in New Zealand 2017
- A Walk in the Park? A deep dive into tramping incidents in New Zealand 2018
- Avalanche Incidents in New Zealand 2021
- How a NZ Tramp is Planned 2021
- Scaling Success: Measuring the impact of tramping safety videos 2019
- There and Back: An exploration of outdoor recreation incidents in New Zealand 2016
New Zealand Search and Rescue
- Distress Beacons Knowledge, Ownership, and Usage and Digital Marketing Campaign Evaluation 2022
- Knowledge, Perceptions, and Expectations of Search and Rescue in Aotearoa New Zealand 2022
- Literature Review Coronial Recommendations (pertaining to SAR and recreational safety)
- New Zealand Search and Rescue Environmental Scan 2022
- New Zealand Search and Rescue Locator Beacons Behaviour Change Campaign – Baseline Research Report 2022
- New Zealanders' Day and Overnight Hiking, Tramping, and Hunting Activity 2022
Department of Conservation
- Annual Visitor Reports 2018-2020
- Great Walks Booking Numbers
- New Zealanders in the Outdoors: Domestic customer segmentation research 2020 (PDF, 260K)
- Survey of New Zealanders
- Visitor Asset Utilisation Reports
- Visitor Experience: Safety on DOC's 'Great Walks' 2017-2018
- Visitor Insights Reports 2020
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