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Court action to bring Whittall to trial
The Council of Trade Unions has started court action in a bid to bring former Pike River Mine manager Peter Whittall to trial.
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Pike River must pay up: Kiwis
Most Kiwis believe Pike River Coal's shareholders should pay court-ordered compensation for the families of miners killed in the company's mine, a Herald-DigiPoll survey suggests.
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'Derogatory' attacks see offer dumped
Former Pike River Coal boss Peter Whittall will not meet with the families of the 29 men who died in the 2010 disaster after receiving "inappropriate and derogatory" comments.
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PM: Whittall case could have been costly
'That's the best we can do.' John Key says a trial against former Pike River boss would've been costly, and the compensation for families is a better outcome.
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McCready vows to take Whittall to court
The man who successfully brought a private prosecution against ACT leader John Banks has vowed to take the former Pike River Coal boss to court.
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Lawyer: Further prosecution not realistic
A lawyer who acts for the families of those killed in the Pike River Mine disaster says further prosecution against mine boss Peter Whittall is not realistic.
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Editorial: Little solace for families of Pike River mine victims
Judge Jane Farish was doubtless on the mark when she said yesterday that the likelihood of a prosecution of Peter Whittall was "extremely low" and the case may never have reached trial.
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Pike payout 'blood money'
Stunned anger greeted today's dropping of all charges against former Pike River Coal boss Peter Whittall over the 2010 mine disaster.
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Pike River miner jailed for drug dealing
A Pike River coal miner who turned to drugs after 29 of his mates were killed in the 2010 mining tragedy has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for drug dealing.
![Ask Phoebe: Pike River families got about $217,000 from public donations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ask Phoebe: Pike River families got about $217,000 from public donations
Ian Young, the manager of corporate services at Grey District Council, says donations to the Pike River Disaster Relief Trust came to $8,065,727.
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John Armstrong: Cunliffe stays on top in Pike compo fight
David Cunliffe has seized the moral high ground from the PM by offering to pay compensation to the Pike River families, John Armstrong says.
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Govt must pay for Pike tragedy
The Pike River disaster was a "national disaster" that exposed shocking negligence by the Labour Department and the Pike River company. The Govt should pay the $3.41m to the families, says Fran O'Sullivan.
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Moral duty to compensate Pike families overlooked
At one time, John Key's political antenna would have ensured the families of the men killed in the Pike River mining tragedy received compensation.
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Pike families urged to continue fight
Families of Pike River mine victims have been urged to continue pushing for the remains of their loved ones to be returned, three years after deadly blasts ripped through the mine.
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Cunliffe slices through moral fog
Is David Cunliffe exploiting the Pike River tragedy for political purposes? Of course he is, writes John Armstrong.
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Cunliffe's Pike River promise
On the third anniversary of the Pike River mining disaster, Labour leader David Cunliffe has promised a government led by him would compensate the victims' families.
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Pike River worker's last words heard
A recording of the last contact with workers in the Pike River mine has been aired publicly for the first time this morning.
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Families remember Pike victims
The third anniversary of the Pike River mining tragedy will be marked today with a minute's silence and the laying of a wreath.
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Sitting on a time bomb
By November 18, 2010, there was just enough progress at Pike to reassure some workers that the operation could yet be a success, but not enough to ease the dark fears held by others.
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Pike River: Expose talks of failures
The Pike River coal mine should have been shut down well before the devastating explosion, says the author of a new book on the tragedy.