MetService says it has already begun a detailed review of its processes after a coroner recommend it make changes to how it delivers severe weather warnings and forecasts.
Coroner Chris Devonport on Tuesday released recommendations after finding that a series of failures at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre in the swollen Mangatepopo Gorge in 2008 contributed to the deaths of six Elim Christian College students and their teacher.
In February this year, the inquest was told the weather forecast sent to the Outdoor Pursuit Centre on the morning of the deaths was missing the word "thunderstorms".
MetService forecaster Ross Marsden told the inquest that thunderstorms were mentioned in earlier forecasts and in other severe weather warnings, but not in the forecast sent to the centre that morning.
The centre's lawyer at the time questioned why a correction was not issued. Mr Marsden said the next forecast contained the correct information, but the centre was not signed up to receive that forecast.
Mr Devonport said MetService should review its procedures when there is an error in the forecast.
MetService chief executive Paul Reid says it has taken careful note of the coroner's comments and has begun a detailed review of ways to implement the suggestions for further improvements.
