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Jobs

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Photos

• After the flood questions remain (NZ canyoning tragedy)
  As a bus with seven empty seats returned to Elim Christian School, three investigations began into how seven people were swept away by a flash flood.
• Guide agonises over her future (NZ canyoning tragedy)
  The future of the instructor who led an ill-fated canyoning trip into the Mangatepopo River is up in the air, and colleagues say she is still too grief-stricken to make any decisions.
• Five-year olds experience life in the bush
  More than half the children involved in the school?s day in the bush last week had never been to Murphy?s Bush before. Some rarely get an opportunity to experience the freedom of the outdoors.
• Investigations underway into NZ canyoning deaths - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  
• Your thoughts and tributes on the river tragedy
  People sharing and coming to grips with the local and broader impact of the the OPC NZ canyoning tragedy.
• NZ canyoning tragedy - Little we could do, says boss
  The head of the outdoor pursuits centre is defending the organisation's safety record and the instructor who led the group on a fatal canyoning trip on Tuesday.
• NZ canyoning deaths - Editorial: One key question - The Timaru Herald
  One tough question will surround the official inquiries into Tuesday's tragedy on the Mangatepopo River: What were people doing in the riverbed when a flash flood swept down it? Will the answer be that it was simply an act of nature and a teacher and six
• First fatalities at centre in 32 years - New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz
  The deaths of six students and a teacher yesterday are the first fatalities in more than 30 years for the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre.
• Outward Bound New Zealand voted best place to work
  One of New Zealand's oldest adventure centres, Outward Bound, is the recipient of this years Unlimited Magazine's best place to work award.
• A tax to support outdoor education
  A coalition of 12 environmental organizations in New Mexico has initiated a new strategy to help get American kids back outdoors.

Discussion

• Outdoor Education in the East
  Some scholars argue that the development of outdoor education has been a Western phenomenon and is lacking in the East.
• Leave No Child Inside
  The time is ripe for a Leave No Child Inside movement. Western society is sending an unintended message to children: Nature is the past, electronics are the future and the bogeyman lives in the woods.
• Outdoor Education Jobs - A Google Group
  This group helps employers & potential employees in outdoor education & related fields to get together.

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