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Christmas at Pike River Mine

Contractors' families will be paid

Payouts will be made to the contracting companies that employed the men who died in the massive explosions at the Pike River coal mine, receivers announced today.

Pike River family: Generosity 'humbling'

The family of Ben Rockhouse, who died in the Pike mine, have praised the 'selflessness and generosity' of the people of NZ.

PWC: Four months to re-enter mine

Pike River Coal's receivers say it could take up to four months to re-enter the mine in which 29 workers died in an explosion last month. Receivers PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC) today presented a draft plan for re-entry.

Spare a thought for Pike River families at Xmas - Mayor

Pike River Coronial Inquest date set

The Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 29 men in the Pike River Coal mine will be held early next year, the chief coroner Judge MacLean says.

Local law firm to act for miners' families

Pike River: Generosity overwhelms

On Friday the 19th November I discovered my brother Conrad Adams was one of the 29 men who were inside the Pike River mine.

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

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.

Grieving dad 'gutted' for workers

A grieving father and spokesman for families of the 29 men killed in the Pike River Coal mine says he's "gutted" for the Pike River workers made redundant after the company went into receivership.

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 Royal Commissioners announced

An Australian mine safety expert and a former senior NZ public servant have been named as Royal Commissioners in the Pike River mine tragedy inquiry.

Forestry worker crushed by falling tree

Pike River mine shaft capped

Attempt to cap Pike River mine delayed

Police hope to cap the vent shaft at Pike River mine tomorrow after weather conditions at the site prevented the operation from going ahead today.