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Army offers robot to rescue effort

The boy down the mine

The day before he went down the mine for the first time, Joseph Dunbar turned 17.

<i>Editorial:</i> Families sorely tested as vigil enters day five

Blast fears slow drilling

Drilling on a new borehole into the Pike River coal mine is in its final stages, with 20m of the 162m tunnel to go.

Pike River disaster a 'rerun' of 1986 horror

An Aussie mine expert recalls when rescuers were within metres of 12 trapped miners, only to be recalled due to "off the chart" gas readings.

Day 4 of the Pike River Mine crisis

Rudd in touch with Oz miners' families

Robot to enter tunnel once gas levels drop

Rescuers plan to send a Defence Force robot into the Pike River coal mine where 29 miners remain trapped after an explosion on Friday, one gas levels drop.

Pike River miners: Behind the names

nzherald.co.nz profiles the men trapped in the Pike River coal mine on the West Coast.

<b>Latest updates:</b> Pike River mine blast

Pike River blast: World waits for news of miners

The Pike River mine blast has made global headlines, with two Britons, two Australians and a South African are among the 29 missing.

<i>Editorial</i>: We watch and wait with Coasters

No attempt to rescue trapped miners tonight - police

There will be no attempt to rescue 29 miners trapped in a West Coast mine tonight, with no further air quality sampling until tomorrow.

Mine blast: Air quality tests 'inconclusive'

Police say a bid to rescue or recover 29 miners trapped in a West Coast coal mine is on hold, and could begin at any time over the next two days.

Mine blast: Pike River collapse 'unlikely', says CEO

29 miners remain trapped underground after yesterday's blast at Pike River Coal's West Coat mine.

<i>Grant Bradley</i>: Miners inhabit a deep, dark, dank world

The <i>Herald's</i> energy reporter, who has visited Pike River, reflects on the project's delays, and now disaster.

Mine emergency: 'Our thoughts are with them'

Cabinet ministers were last night travelling to the Pike River Mine, as the Government offered assistance in the rescue of the trapped miners.

'All we can do is wait'