Led by the Department of Labour, the review was announced by Tourism Minister John Key on September 21 and comes after the death of English tourist Emily Jordan (21) while on a river-boarding trip near Queenstown in April last year.
Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson said the review team, which includes Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Duncan Field, had prepared two questionnaires - one for outdoors and commercial sector operators, associations and organisations and another for individuals.
Responses from the questionnaires would be used to inform the review as it worked to identify any gaps in risk management and safety, and then developed to provide options and recommendations for Ms Wilkinson.
As well as questions about the business practices of adventure and outdoors commercial sector operators, the questionnaires ask for views on the strengths and weaknesses of risk management and safety in the sector.
They also seek to determine the six most important principles believed to underpin well-managed risk.
"Feedback from the questionnaires will complement the review's first interim report - a stocktake on the current situation - which I hope to receive before Christmas," Ms Wilkinson said.
"These questionnaires provide an opportunity for those interested in the outcome of this review to have their say.
"People from around the world come to experience the adrenalin rush that our outdoors adventure activities provide, and we want to ensure our industry is among the best and safest in the world," she said.
The terms of reference for the review were announced in October.
The steering group for the review comprises 11 representatives from the Department of Labour, Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, Tourism Industry Association of New Zealand, Maritime New Zealand, ACC and the QLDC.
A project working group comprising 13 representatives from the above agencies, along with the Department of Conservation and Outdoors New Zealand, had also been established.
An external reference group of "key stakeholders" in the sector would also be identified based on the advice of the governance group.
The first phase of the review, involving scoping and establishing a knowledge base, began on September 21 and is due to conclude on December 18.
Phase two - analysis problem definition and reporting - was scheduled for January 11 to March 31 and would include a gap analysis of risk-management and safety provisions; analysis of findings; problem definition; and developing options for ways of improving risk management and safety in the sector.
A final report for Ms Wilkinson with options and recommendations was to be completed by March 31.
• The questionnaires can be downloaded from the Department of Labour's website - www.dol.govt.nz/consultation/index.asp
Completed questionnaires must be received by 5pm on December 16 and can be emailed to AOCSreview@dol.govt.nz, or posted to David Mulholland, project manager, Workplace Health and Safety Policy, Department of Labour, PO Box 3705, Wellington.
Time line
April 29, 2008: English tourist Emily Jordan (21) drowns during a river boarding trip with Mad Dog River Boarding on the Kawarau River.
December 1, 2008: Black Sheep Adventures, Mad Dog's parent company, and its director Brad McLeod face three charges each, laid under the Health and Safety Employment Act, 1992.
August 24, 2009: Mad Dog River Boarding fined $66,000 and ordered to pay $80,000 in reparation to Miss Jordan's family after pleading guilty to two charges.
September, 2009: Miss Jordan's father, Chris, writes to Tourism Minister John Key calling for a shake-up of the adventure industry's regulatory system.
September 21, 2009: Mr Key announces a national adventure tourism review, to be led by the Department of Labour.
September 25, 2009: Mad Dog announces it will voluntarily suspend its 2009-10 operations until a Maritime New Zealand safety audit.
October 14, 2009: MNZ clears Mad Dog to resume its operations, provided it adheres to its safe operational plan and uses personal flotation devices which meet the standard set by white-water safety guidelines introduced by MNZ in February.
October 15, 2009: Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson announces the terms of reference for the Government review, to be carried out in two phases. The first phase, which began on September 21, involves a stocktaking of adventure tourism activities in the country, scoping and establishing a knowledge base.
November 25, 2009 Views on safety and risk-management practices in the adventure tourism industry are called for, part of phase one of the adventure tourism review.
