No health and safety charges will be laid over a fatal car accident at a Rimu goldmine in August.
Hokitika boy Tayne Bowes died after the four-wheel-drive vehicle driven by his father crashed upside down into a dredge pond at the mine.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (formerly Labour Department) high hazards unit general manager Brett Murray said they had completed a preliminary inquiry into the accident.
Investigators concluded that it was principally a road transport issue and therefore the ministry would not be laying charges against the mine owners.
However, a number of general health and safety issues relating to the mining operations in general were noted during the investigation.
