By Nicholas McBride
- Friday, 17 February 2012
The technical services manager who left the Pike River Mine only days before the fatal explosion today denied he was ever scared of entering the...
By Laura Mills
- Wednesday, 15 February 2012
A tearful former Pike River Mine manager said he had been on the verge of leaving two months before the mine blew up, but told himself to “harden...
By Laura Mills
- Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Seventeen minutes after the devastating explosion had ripped through the Pike River coal mine, its general manager sent e-mails about a new job,...
By Viv Logie
- Friday, 10 February 2012
A trust will be formed to oversee the recovery of the 29 men still entombed in the Pike River Mine but Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn said...
By Laura Mills
- Friday, 10 February 2012
Why the body of a coalminer showed no sign of damage from the massive explosion was one of two enduring puzzles scrutinised at the Pike River Mine...
By Laura Mills
- Thursday, 09 February 2012
The Pike River Mine relied on a gas sensor that was in a “sad state of repair”, while miners were struggling to move enough air through the...
By Laura Mills
- Wednesday, 08 February 2012
The Pike River Mine explosion was probably caused by a rockfall that sent explosive gases rushing through the mine just as the water pumps had...
By Viv Logie
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Lawyers for former Pike River Coal head Peter Whittall are considering applying to the court to have some of the charges against him dropped...
