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![Gas rises cause Pike River evacuation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gas rises cause Pike River evacuation
Pike River Mine was evacuated this morning when gas levels rose sharply...
![<i>All in a day's work: </i>Be good for goodness sake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>All in a day's work: </i>Be good for goodness sake
The moral of the story is perhaps to treat everyday like the jolly man in his red suit might be coming - or at the very least, like someone might be watching.
![<i>Gill South</i>: Starship handover provides case study in passing the baton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Gill South</i>: Starship handover provides case study in passing the baton
Relationships vital as charity's leadership changes hands.
![Mine families struggling with loss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mine families struggling with loss
Bernie Monk knew his son was dead as soon as the Pike River Coal mine exploded on November 19. But there are others who are still clinging to hope that their loved ones are buried alive in the remote South Island mine.
![Meat workers pay not docked - CEO](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Meat workers pay not docked - CEO
Silver Ferns Farms has hit back at complaints that workers at its Te Aroha plant had their pay deducted for observing a two-minute silence to remember the Pike River miners.
![NZ women doing well but could be better - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ women doing well but could be better - report
NZ women still struggle to gain leadership roles and suffer from high levels of domestic violence, a report says.
![Dunne defends Greymouth IRD job cuts announcement](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dunne defends Greymouth IRD job cuts announcement
Peter Dunne has defended the timing of the announcement of eight job losses at the IRD in Greymouth.
![Matt Heath revealed as new Hauraki drive host](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Matt Heath revealed as new Hauraki drive host
Hours after announcing his resignation from the 95bFM Breakfast Show, Matt Heath has been confirmed as the new Drive show host on Radio Hauraki.
![Jobs cut at two sawmills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jobs cut at two sawmills
More than 50 sawmill workers at two North Island sawmills have been told they will lose their jobs.
![Goff joins calls for Govt to fund Pike recovery operation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Goff joins calls for Govt to fund Pike recovery operation
Labour Leader Phil Goff has joined calls for the Government to fund the recovery of the bodies of 29 men trapped in the Pike River mine.
![Pike River contract staff left out in cold](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pike River contract staff left out in cold
Out-of-work Pike River miners will start finding out today if they have jobs, and if not, how much they will be paid out.
![Calls for opencast mine at Pike River](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Calls for opencast mine at Pike River
Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn is calling for Pike River to be made into an opencast coal mine, amid efforts to keep the 114 skilled miners made redundant today on the West Coast.
![Pike River receivership inevitable](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pike River receivership inevitable
Herald deputy business editor Grant Bradley, who has visited the Pike River mine and covered the company for the Business Herald, on why today's receivership move by Pike River was inevitable.
![<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Sometimes it's smart to be slow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Sometimes it's smart to be slow
These days you have to be hyped-up and blissed out simultaneously ... but slow down and think.
![Pike River fire fully out - experts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pike River fire fully out - experts
The fire which has been raging for days at the Pike River Coal mine is definitely out, say Australians brought in to operate the GAG jet unit which has been pumping carbon dioxide into the mine.
![Pike River staff will be cut - Whittall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pike River staff will be cut - Whittall
Pike River Coal will have to reduce its workforce when it is ready to re-establish operations, but CEO Peter Whittall says reports of possible receivership were "extremely premature".
![Building work, manufacturing slump in September quarter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Building work, manufacturing slump in September quarter
Gloomy building and manufacturing stats out this morning have prompted economists to raise the risk of negative GDP.
![Maori King lands in strife over sacking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Maori King lands in strife over sacking
Waikato-Tainui could be headed for the courts after a woman King Tuheitia fired claimed the move was unconstitutional.
![Key rules out retirement age rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Key rules out retirement age rise
The Prime Minister has rejected a call from the Retirement Commission to lift the retirement age to 67 by 2033.
![Raise retirement age to 67 - commissioner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Raise retirement age to 67 - commissioner
The Retirement Commissioner says the age of entitlement for New Zealand Superannuation needs to be raised from 65 to 67 to ensure it remains affordable over the long term.