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Pike River: The day our lives changed forever
"Our lives changed forever" when the Pike River Mine exploded, the mining company chief executive told mourners today.
"Our lives changed forever" when the Pike River Mine exploded, the mining company chief executive told mourners today.
2010 can only described as an annus calamitosus [disastrous year] for the New Zealand family.
In the wake of the Pike River tragedy, PhD student Jesse Dykstra blogs on the mining industry and the associated risks
An Australian expert was arriving in Greymouth tonight to provide advice on the jet engine GAG operation at the ill-fated Pike River Coal mine, where it's "highly likely" part of a coal seam has caught fire.
Leigh Hart, aka That Guy, shares a very personal account of how mining disasters can affect families.
An NZ Mines Rescue member wants the public to understand what the rescue team members are going through.
Broadcaster Maggie Barry, whose cousin Michael Monk was lost at the Pike River mine, understands when people asked counsellors "funny" questions.
Up to 500 relatives and friends of the Pike River miners travelled to the mine today, which one mother described as "very healing".
The riches of the Paparoa Range were enticing, but the cost of extracting them was greater than anyone imagined, writes Grant Bradley
The face of the country's worst mining disaster since 1914, Pike River CEO Peter Whittall, has fronted in the most trying of circumstances.
Experts suggest a split-second gas outburst may have overwhelmed the Pike River miners before they could respond to any alarms.
Jim Anderton seems to have made it his personal mission to end the life-and-death lottery that working in underground mines has entailed.
A Westport man has told how he and three others ran for their lives when the Pike River Coal mine exploded at 2.37pm on Wednesday.
As the West Coast struggles with the emotional cost of the Pike River tragedy, chairman John Dow has reassured the community there is still a future for the mine and the company.
It is likely to be several more days before operations will start to stabilise the Pike River mine so that the bodies of 29 men can recovered, police say.
The GAG unit flown for the Pike River coal mine recovery effort is 'no gimmick' and has been used successfully in Queensland mines, the head of an Australian miners' union says.
NZ Oil & Gas has today provided the balance of a $25 million short term funding facility to Pike River Coal.