New ZealandTe Aroha folk share the love for affected workersTe Aroha locals are supporting the families of workers who lost their jobs when the local meatworks went up in flames.11 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandProspects bleak for Te Aroha workers'They're calling it a seasonal lay-off which is bull,' a worker at Silver Fern Farm's fire-hit Te Aroha factory says.06 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandNearly half meatworks' staff will be laid offAbout 160 of the 350 workers at Silver Fern Farms' Waikato beef slaughter plant at Te Aroha are likely to only be paid a minimum wage until Christmas.06 Dec 03:36 AM
New ZealandMeat works CEO meets with anxious workersThe 200 workers left jobless after a massive fire gutted a Waikato freezing works remain cautiously optimistic.05 Dec 11:42 PM
New ZealandContractor's saw sparks blamed for meat plant blazeSparks from a contractor's saw are believed to have ignited the fire that gutted a Waikato freezing works.05 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandPike River: Cooling operation underwayAn operation has begun to extinguish the fire coming from the vent shaft of the Pike River mine and cool the surrounding concrete pad, using water pumped up from a nearby creek.05 Dec 04:00 AM
New ZealandStaff worried after meat works fireThe beef processing plant badly damaged by fire at Te Aroha, near Hamilton, overnight may be rebuilt into a world-class plant, owner Silver Fern Farms says.04 Dec 02:22 AM
New ZealandMassive blaze at freezing worksPhotos from the fire at the Silver Fern Farms freezing works in Te Aroha, Waikato. 03 Dec 08:02 PM
New ZealandGAG unit to work through the weekendIt could take weeks for a GAG unit to put out a coal fire in the Pike River mine, police say.02 Dec 11:45 PM
New ZealandMan badly burnt in suspected P-lab fireA man was seriously injured yesterday in a house fire, caused by what authorities say was a P-lab explosion. 02 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandCommunity strength will triumphThe strength of the West Coast community will help it overcome its collective grief over the deaths of the 29 men who died in the Pike River mine tragedy, Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand said today at the memorial service in Greymouth.02 Dec 04:27 AM
New ZealandMiners' legacy will live on - KeyJohn Key today delivered a personal message to the mothers whose children have been left fatherless as a result of the Pike River mine tragedy. His was one of several moving tributes at today's Remembrance Service.02 Dec 03:18 AM
New ZealandThousands fill Pike River serviceSeveral thousand people have filled Greymouth’s Omoto Racecourse and numerous MPs and city mayors have taken their seats on the main stage for the Pike River Official Remembrance service02 Dec 12:43 AM
New ZealandIndications Pike mine GAG unit is working - policeA GAG unit at the Pike River mine appears to be working with early indications a fire is dissipating.01 Dec 08:02 PM
New ZealandPike River: Body-recovery work to continueMuch of NZ will come to a standstill today as the victims of the Pike River tragedy are remembered.01 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandGAG unit 'ready to go' - KnowlesA jet engine brought in to make the Pike River mine safe is now in place. Rescue services are hopeful it will be in use tonight so the process to recover the remains of the 29 trapped miners can begin.01 Dec 03:20 AM
