Pike River re-entry: Everything you need to know
Eight years after the explosions that killed 29 men, miners try and recover the bodies
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Pike River: Miners ready to recover mates
In just a few weeks, experts will chip off the concrete seal to the mine's entrance.
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Former coal pit planned as mine host for water sports
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A piece of port history scrapped
Rusting sea crane considered too costly to fix despite heritage value.
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Pike River: 'We are returning'
The words some Pike River families have been waiting eight years for.
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Energy firm's move to import coal
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Comment: Why business confidence has fallen
COMMENT: We are clearly experiencing management by an unwieldy committee, says Paul Glass.
Big manufacturing drop as outages hit production
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Government should lead way on environment
Two big environmental calls loom for the Government
Rachel Rose: Climate change campaigner can do the maths
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Nicola Patrick: The dinosaurs are gone ... and soon their fossils will be, too
The PM said: 'It's not where the future lies." I didn't know the future was so close.
Greens given $15b costing on coal, oil and fracking ban
Greens told that an indefinite moratorium on new coal, oil and fracking would cost $15b.
Solar may cut schools power bill by $20m
The new Government will investigate solar panels to cut school power bills by $20m a year.
Miner's end leaves taxpayers in a hole
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Australia's approval of coal mine slammed
Indian miner's environmental track record questioned by former environment minister.
Spring Creek mine to be broken up, sold by tender
The coalmine that once fired Greymouth's economy will be broken up and sold by tender.
'One of us was a widow - and one of us wasn't'
Tales of tragedy and survival in Waikato mining disasters that killed 54 men.
Pike families back at Parliament
Pike River families are making a last push for justice ahead of the election.
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PM rejects Pike River cover-up
Bill English has picked apart a news report based on leaked video evidence.
Pike River families want more leaks
There is more information yet to come to light about Pike River, a victim's mother says.
Govt seeks clarity on Pike River footage
Leaked footage shows people working inside Pike River mine after the fatal explosion.
Pike families reject Solid Energy plan
Pike River families say they are being shut out of plans to re-enter the coal mine.
Coal mine: Council rescinds decision
Legal action by Forest & Bird has prompted a U-turn over the proposed Te Kuha coal mine.
Bathurst Resources finds new buyer
Bathurst Resources has found a new buyer for coal from its Canterbury mine.
Americans hate Trump's agenda
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Pike River a test of English's leadership
COMMENT: Dame Fiona Kidman's submission to the select committee on Pike River was study in empathy, writes Audrey Young.