Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle

Kayaker suffers serious injuries after collision with DoC jetboat on Whanganui River

Whanganui Chronicle
18 Nov, 2020 08:40 PMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

The incident happened near Pipiriki. Photo / File

The incident happened near Pipiriki. Photo / File

An investigation is under way after a kayaker was seriously injured in a collision with a Department of Conservation jet boat on the Whanganui River.

DoC's Whanganui base were informed of the incident at 10.12am on Wednesday with an ambulance and the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter arriving on the scene shortly afterwards.

St John confirmed the incident and that the kayaker suffered serious chest injuries.

Whanganui Hospital said that the 56-year-old Auckland man is now in a stable condition.

According to DoC's North Island operations manager Damian Coutts, the two DoC staff inside the jet boat were on their way from Pipiriki to Mangapurua Landing when the incident occurred just north of Puraroto Caves.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

He could not comment on the cause of the accident.

DoC said it had been in contact with the family of the injured man.

"Our thoughts are with him and his family at this difficult time."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The incident will be subject to a full DoC investigation and has been reported to both Police and the Maritime Safety Authority.

Police said that the investigation now sits with Maritime NZ, but were assisting the investigation.

Premium gold

Discover more

New Zealand

Waverley crash victim 'an incredibly devoted father and son'

19 Nov 04:00 PM
New Zealand

Man dies after Waverley crash, police release name

18 Nov 05:34 AM

Police appeal for information after driver flees collision

19 Nov 12:40 AM
New Zealand

Multiple crashes at SH1 roadworks site

17 Nov 02:30 AM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Whanganui Chronicle

Health NZ stops funds for Fit for Surgery programme

08 Jul 05:01 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

$3.2m confirmed for rural health centre

07 Jul 09:14 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

Taihape books return to premier final

07 Jul 05:01 PM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Health NZ stops funds for Fit for Surgery programme

Health NZ stops funds for Fit for Surgery programme

08 Jul 05:01 PM

Health NZ says the patients in the programme will continue to get the support they need.

$3.2m confirmed for rural health centre

$3.2m confirmed for rural health centre

07 Jul 09:14 PM
Taihape books return to premier final

Taihape books return to premier final

07 Jul 05:01 PM
Premium
Kevin Page: Semi-retired life and the quest for dry shoes

Kevin Page: Semi-retired life and the quest for dry shoes

07 Jul 05:00 PM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP