The political establishment, media and unions are nervous about the growing opposition to the Labour Party-led government’s attempt to shut down the investigation of the 2010 Pike River mine disaster, which killed 29 men.
The WSWS spoke with writer and poet Fiona Kidman, who for several years has supported the fight by families of the 2010 Pike River mine disaster victims for a full investigation to uncover the precise causes of the disaster, and for justice for the 29 men who died.
Bernie Monk, father of Pike River victim: “10 years on, we still haven’t got justice”
27 May 2021
, “Ten years after the Pike River mine disaster: Political lessons in the fight for truth about the deaths of 29 miners.” The webinar was hosted by the Socialist Equality Group (SEG) in New Zealand, to discuss the causes of the 2010 Pike River disaster and the efforts by successive New Zealand governments,
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SEG member Tom Peters’
reviewed in detail the complicity of National Party and Labour Party-led governments, including Labour’s allies the Green Party and the NZ First Party, and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, in the conditions that led to the disaster, and the ongoing cover-up. Socialist Equality Party (Australia) member Terry Cook also gave a
They said the fan recovery would cost $8 million and take 12 weeks using standard mining techniques to get past a roof fall blocking the top of the tunnel. However, the Government has said while the Pike River Recovery Agency would review the plan, there was no blank chequebook.
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Dame Fiona Kidman and her husband Ian at the Pike River protest in 2016. The Pike River Recovery Agency is planning to seal the mine early next month to allow the site to be handed over to the Department of Conservation for inclusion in the Paparoa National Park. Some of the families have issued a statement saying they accept the Government’s position.
Press Release – Socialist Equality Group On May 11, a group of international mining experts released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New Zealand. The document is a major step forward in the fight to uncover the …
On May 11, a group of international mining experts released a 23-page Conceptual Development Plan to expand the underground investigation of Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.
The document is a major step forward in the fight to uncover the truth about the mine disaster in November 2010 that killed 29 men. It was prepared by the Pike River Independent Technical Advisory Group, which consists of highly-qualified mining experts, including former chief mines inspector Tony Forster. They wrote the plan for free on behalf of 23 of the families of 29 men.