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Mine expert: No urgent rush to reach miners
An Australian mine expert says there is no urgent need to reach the trapped miners "at this point in time", backing the Pike River rescue approach.
<i>Our View:</i> We watch and wait with Coasters
With luck, the country will receive news that the brave 29 are back above ground and telling tall tales over a beer.
Mine blast: Air quality tests 'inconclusive'
Police say a bid to rescue or recover 29 miners trapped in a West Coast coal mine is on hold, and could begin at any time over the next two days.
Pike River blast: Methane fingered in explosion
Mining companies around the world face a constant struggle to avoid accumulations of methane gas and coal dust underground.
Pike River Coal in the news
Since its announcement in 2005, the Herald has tracked the progress of the Pike River coal mine.
Men climbed chimney to escape mine
The two men who managed to get out of the Pike River mine clambered up a narrow chimney to escape.
Mine blast: Pike River collapse 'unlikely', says CEO
29 miners remain trapped underground after yesterday's blast at Pike River Coal's West Coat mine.
<i>Grant Bradley</i>: Miners inhabit a deep, dark, dank world
The Herald's energy reporter, who has visited Pike River, reflects on the project's delays, and now disaster.
Mine emergency: 'Our thoughts are with them'
Cabinet ministers were last night travelling to the Pike River Mine, as the Government offered assistance in the rescue of the trapped miners.
Pike River expected methane gas emissions
Methane gas has long been identified as a potential problem for the Pike River Coal mine, as rescuers scramble to find up to 27 missing miners.
Your messages of support for the Pike River miners
Send your messages of support to the families and friends of the trapped West Coast miners.
15-year-old knocked off bike
Steven Joyce is considering "regulatory changes" after crashes left five cyclists dead and two critically injured this week.
Wreckers demolish heritage building
A 124-year-old heritage building in downtown Auckland was torn down this morning after large cracks were found in its walls.
Injured schoolgirl's parents reassure distraught driver
The family of a schoolgirl fighting for her life after falling under a truck has told the distraught driver not to 'beat himself up'.
Friends grieve for 'wonderful' nurse
The cyclist killed on Auckland's Tamaki Dr was a nurse on a working holiday remembered by her workmates as 'popular and fun-loving'.