A top geologist was so concerned with the Pike River mine that she asked her husband, also a geologist, not to enter the mine in 2010. She said Pike River Coal did not have a proper understanding of the geology of its coal mine, and had...

John Key says families of dead miners would expect every effort to retrieve them.

Olam, the Singaporean food commodities group, says high NZ milk prices have wiped out profits at its 25 per cent-owned Open Country Dairy and it may consider exiting the investment.

The centre will be named the West Coast Memorial Events Centre in memory of the Pike River and other mine disaster victims.

Greenstone Energy, the company that owns and operates the Shell-branded service station network, has dropped the price of diesel.

The Prime Minister says it's "disappointing" the Pike River Coal receivers have asked the Government for aid and that it is unlikely to pay their legal bill during the Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Labour Department investigators are asking for more time to decide whether to prosecute over the fatal Pike River Mine explosions.