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<em>Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up</em>, published by Mehring Books, examines the causes of the 2010 New Zealand mine disaster, which killed 29 people, and the decade-long cover-up by successive governments and the judicial system, which have shielded the company leadership from prosecution.
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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.
New Zealand: Sister of Pike River mine disaster victim makes powerful statement demanding continued investigation 23 May 2021 is re-posting a by Olivia Monk, whose brother Michael was one of 29 men who died in the November 2010 Pike River coal mine disaster in New Zealand. Andrew Little, the minister responsible for Pike River in Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party-led government, has rejected a by mining experts, prepared on behalf of 23 of the 29 families, to fully investigate the underground mine and retrieve vital evidence that could lead to prosecutions. The government is prep...