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![Plea to husband: Don't go in mine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Plea to husband: Don't go in mine
A top geologist was so concerned with the Pike River mine that she asked her husband, also a geologist, not to enter the mine in 2010. She said Pike River Coal did not have a proper understanding of the geology of its coal mine, and had...
![Mine rival criticises Pike River safety](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Mine rival criticises Pike River safety
Blast shouldn't have happened in a modern mine, says Solid Energy chief.
![Pike River stabilising delayed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Pike River stabilising delayed
Work to stabilise the Pike River coal mine has been delayed a second time by dangerous gas readings.
![Man shot dead neighbours at close range](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Man shot dead neighbours at close range
A West Coast man is on trial for murdering his elderly neighbour and the man's intellectually handicapped grandson.
![Pike River operation cost $10.9m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Pike River operation cost $10.9m
The police-led rescue and recovery operation launched in the wake of the Pike River tragedy has cost nearly $11 million, according to figures in a detailed breakdown released this afternoon.
![Govt to contribute $3.5m for Greymouth events centre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Govt to contribute $3.5m for Greymouth events centre
The centre will be named the West Coast Memorial Events Centre in memory of the Pike River and other mine disaster victims.
![Pike River families: officials kept footage from us](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Pike River families: officials kept footage from us
Families of the Pike River miners have rejected a claim that police leaked previously unseen CCTV footage of the disaster to TVNZ.
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Get in or get out, Pike receivers told
On the eve of a preliminary hearing into the Pike River disaster, Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn has warned the collapsed mine's receivers to get in and get the dead miners' remains, or stand aside so someone else can.