Opinion
Prime Minister John Key has delivered a personal message to the mothers whose children have been left fatherless as a result of the Pike River mine tragedy.
His was one of several moving tributes to a gathering of around 11,000 mourners who packed Greymouth's Omoto Racecourse for the official Remembrance Service of the 29 miners lost in the November 19 blast.
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