The stoic spokesman for the families of the Pike River dead cannot stop grieving for the son he lost a year ago today.

Labour Department investigators are asking for more time to decide whether to prosecute over the fatal Pike River Mine explosions.

The man charged with overseeing the Pike River mine smelled diesel or exhaust in the air about the time it was hit with an explosion that killed 29 men.

The 29 workers who died in the Pike River disaster would have died within minutes of the original explosion at the West Coast coal mine, a coronial hearing in Greymouth has heard.

A 20-tonne nitrogen generator is now pumping nitrogren into the Pike River Mine.

Check times of church services for the miners, and tell us about services in your area.

Unscrupulous reporters have tried posing as victim support workers to gain access to distressed families, reports the Greymouth Star.

Signs have been erected around Greymouth in support of the 29 miners and contractors trapped in the Pike River mine.

West Coast mine blast survivor suffers a double tragedy after his brother was trapped, and his grandfather died.