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.

Auckland, Feb 15 NZPA - A memorial wall to commemorate the victims of the Mangatepopo canyoning tragedy will open at an Auckland Christian college in April, two years to the day after the tragedy.