Solid Energy has announced it will not re-enter the Pike River Mine drift because the company considers the risks to life remain too high.
Board Chair Pip Dunphy made the announcement after a meeting with Prime Minister John Key in Greymouth. The families were called to the meeting by mine owner Solid Energy to discuss the possibility of re-entering the mine, nearly four years since the explosion which killed 29 men.
A small group of protestors also gathered outside the meeting, playing music and holding signs demanding re-entry to Pike River.
Has Solid Energy made the right decision not to re-enter Pike River Mine? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:
