Pike River protestors have been told to move on and remove the gates they put up to block Solid Energy.
It ends a month-long stalemate in which families of the 29 mine disaster victims have disrupted Solid Energy's plans seal the mine portal.
Solid Energy today said it had been in discussions this week with the owner of the land that the Pike River access road runs through.
"Solid Energy confirms that it has, and has always had, the access rights to the Pike River Mine it acquired from Pike River Coal Ltd," the company said in a statement.
"We accept that there was a genuine misunderstanding, but have now been advised by the land owner that he has told the protesters that they do not have the legal right to occupy the land.
