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Second tunnel an option for Pike River re-entry
The families are waiting for Pike River Minister Andrew Little to give final go-ahead.
The families are waiting for Pike River Minister Andrew Little to give final go-ahead.
Helen Kelly documentary maker claims to have footage of body inside Pike River mine.
Pike River Recovery Agency boss Dave Gawn brings 40 years' military experience to the job
Pike River Recovery Agency needs to avoid perceptions of outcome-bias, says MBIE
Ardern was also quizzed on her Government's goal to plant a billion trees.
EDITORIAL: Unlawful deal to drop charges shows how poorly victims have been treated.
WorkSafe dropped case against Pike River boss after he paid $3.4m to miners' families.
"It can be done, and for a much, much more reasonable price."
OPINION: Nobody should be holding their breath for a manned re-entry of Pike River mine.
Pike River families move a step closer to rescuing their loved ones.
Andrew Little will attend Pike River for seventh anniversary of mine tragedy tomorrow.
"We are pretty excited", Bernie Monk says, as law changes to allow re-entry mooted.
Bernie Monk says he is "ecstatic" about new hope for re-entry.
Families of two of the Pike River victims are heading to the Supreme Court tomorrow.
Jacinda Ardern's campaign has taken her to the birthplace of the Labour Party.
PM says cross-party deal on the Pike River Mine recovery won't make the mine any safer.
The great walk will be open to mountain bikers all year.
COMMENT:Every time fresh footage aired the country's heart bleeds for Pike River families.
Video taken inside the Pike River mine drift four months after deadly explosion.
Official advice is it is unlikely bodies could be retrieved without manned entry.
There is more information yet to come to light about Pike River, a victim's mother says.
Lawyer for families of Pike River Mine victims says footage reinforces call for re-entry.
The footage was taken from a robot that entered the mine in March 2011.
COMMENT: Every time Bernie Monk and his Pike River people come pressing politicians for the mine to be re-entered I wonder why.
Pike River families say a commitment to leave the coal mine unsealed and inspect it with drone technology falls short of their requests, but is still "very positive".
Twenty-nine figures stood in silence on the Pike River Mine access road this morning - each decked out in overalls, work boots, miner's helmets and the name tags of the 29 men who died in the 2010 mine disaster.
Pike River Mine families have been granted a meeting with PM Bill English, on February 15, as Parliamentary committee considers sealing of mine.
About 250 people were bused up the hillside to the Strongman Mine site on Saturday for a poignant ceremony to commemorate the tragedy there 50 years ago.
A proposal to help clear the way for a re-entry of the Pike River coal mine by Labour has been labelled "dangerous and contradictory" by the Government.
Labour leader Andrew Little has hit back at Winston Peters, after the NZ First leader criticised Labour's stance on Pike River.