A North Canterbury adventure camp operator has been charged, after a nine-year-old boy was badly burned on a school trip

The Hokitika boy spent seven weeks in Auckland's Middlemore Hospital after being injured at Waipara Adventure Centre in October 2023.

He took a year to return to attending school full time.

Another student and a parent were also injured.

Worksafe has charged the Sure and Stedfast Development Trust, which runs the camp, with exposing an individual to risk of harm or illness.

The case was scheduled for this morning in Christchurch, but has been adjourned until October.