Text title: Police name man killed in rafting incident near Queenstown
Text type: Article
Text Creator: Jonathan Guildford
Date: November 24, 2021
Critical literacy question: What does this author want us to know?
The author wants us to know that there is someone who died near Lake Wakatipu, his name is Stephen Andrew who is 30 years old. This text wants to tell us that don't raft on the river or just when you raft don't be in a hurry because your life was into it. Also, let us know that the incident on the Cales River and the accident about 1pm on Monday.
Summary:
A Queenstown man has died in a rafting incident on the Caples River near Lake Wakatipu. Stephen Andrew Bowler, 30 years old, died in the accident about 1pm on Monday, a police spokeswoman said. "Bowler was with group rafting on the river inflatable pack rafts". Police were continuing to make inquiries in relation to his death on behalf of the coroner, she said.
As a mark of respect, Ngi Tahu has put a rahui (a temporary closure) on the Caples River, including the stretch of river mouth where it meets Lake Wakatipu, until Tuesday, "Police extend their sympathies to Bowler family and friends, The coroner will release their finding in due course," the police spokeswoman said.
