Wellington, March 22 NZPA - Police and the Corrections Department say the Sensible Sentencing Trust should not be allowed more time to prosecute them over the deaths of two young people, killed by known criminals.

Auckland, Feb 19 NZPA - The mother of one of the six students who drowned with their teacher on a Central North Island canyoning trip said today it was a tragedy that didn't have to happen and she was still angry at the loss of lives.

Auckland, Feb 18 NZPA - An outdoor pursuits centre contract instructor told an inquest today that he regretted not responding immediately after he became concerned about a group of Auckland students and their teacher who were canyoning in the Mangatepopo Gorge.

Auckland, Feb 17 NZPA - An outdoor pursuits centre manager today apologised to the families of six Auckland students and their teacher, who died in a Central North Island canyoning tragedy in April 2008.

Auckland, Feb 17 NZPA - An outdoor pursuits centre field manager told an inquest today it was too dangerous for him to go into a gorge and rescue a group of Auckland students and their teacher, seven of whom died, in a canyoning tragedy.

Auckland, Feb 16 NZPA - Emotions ran high today as families of six Auckland students and their teacher who died in a canyoning tragedy listened to evidence at their inquest.

Auckland, Feb 16 NZPA - An outdoor pursuits field manager told an inquest today he wished an instructor had not taken a group of six Auckland students and their teacher into a gorge where they died in a canyoning tragedy.

Auckland, Feb 16 NZPA - Two of the six Auckland students who died with their teacher in a canyoning tragedy were not strong swimmers, an inquest was told today.

Auckland, Feb 15 NZPA - An outdoor pursuits instructor broke down in tears at an inquest today as she described the events which led to the deaths of six Auckland students and a teacher in a canyoning tragedy.

Auckland, Feb 15 NZPA - The MetService omitted the word "thunderstorms" from a weather forecast on the day six students and a teacher died in a canyoning tragedy in the Mangatepopo Gorge in 2008, a coroner's inquest was told today.