Five years ago today, 31 men hung their identification tags on a board and headed underground to work.

Department of Conservation waits to resume ownership of the Pike River Mine.

I believe we need to hold our Govt, whatever stripe it is, to the task of doing what it is there to do. That's what has driven this column, writes Dita De Boni.

The wife of a United Future candidate killed at Pike River is urging Peter Dunne to oppose the Government's "watered down" health and safety changes.

Up to 300,000 working New Zealanders won't have access to one of the most effective ways they can keep themselves and their mates safe at work, writes Helen Kelly.

The Government is under pressure to press ahead with the health and safety law that has been parked temporarily.

Editorial: The deaths this year leave the Government with egg on its face. They suggest that the more stringent approach was the right one. T

It was right to consider a compensation offer when deciding to drop charges against former Pike River chief executive Peter Whittall, WorkSafe NZ says.

Pike River Mine survivor Daniel Rockhouse says he was humbled to accept an award for bravery at an investiture ceremony at Government House this morning.

A judicial review will be held in the High Court at Wellington next month into the Crown's decision to drop charges against former Pike River Mine boss Peter Whittall.

The Government has ordered a feasibility study into a new ‘great walk’ from the Pike River Mine site and over the Paparoa Range.

Government Minister Nick Smith has started discussions on what to do with the Pike River mine site.

Families of 29 dead mine workers have finally conceded that the men's bodies will never be recovered from the Pike River coal mine.

Four years, a thousand tears and $5.2 million later, the Pike River Mine re-entry plan has been finally abandoned.

Prime Minister John Key says Solid Energy "did everything they possibly could" to recover the bodies of 29 miners at Pike River.

Solid Energy has announced it will not re-enter the Pike River Mine drift because the company considers the risks to life remain too high. Read the latest selection of Your Views on the decision.

Solid Energy is withdrawing its nitrogen machine - a key tool in the Pike River re-entry hopes - from the mine site and sending it out of the country.

Dean Dunbar has vowed to "fight to my last breath" to ensure his son's remains are recovered from the Pike River Mine.

The election's over and we are now back complaining and telling everyone else their job. We're good at that.

The mines inspectorate entered the Pike River Mine for the first time a month ago, papers released under the Official Information Act show.

For nearly a year, it turns out, the Pike River mine could have been made safe to enter.

Solid Energy says it is still evaluating the “potentially fatal risks” of re-entering the Pike River mine, but it is aiming to release a final decision by the end of next month.

Pike River families say it's 'heartbreaking' Solid Energy has known for nearly a year the main entrance to the mine has been safe to enter.

It started well enough, but John Key left Greymouth with a heartfelt plea from the widow of one of the 29 dead Pike River miners ringing in his ears.

Prime Minister John Key stopped to talk to the Pike River families at a silent protest today.

Former Pike River Coal chief executive Peter Whittall has returned home permanently to Australia.

Many Pike River Mine witnesses who refused to appear at the aborted Peter Whittall trial into his role in the disaster that claimed 29 lives, have now refused to allow their names to be released.