Pike Stream

Date: 2010

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to miners and mining in New Zealand]

By: New Zealand. Parliament

Reference: Eph-B-MINING-2010-01

Description: Booklet for the memorial service to the 29 miners who died as a result of explosions in the Pike River Mine, on or after 19 November 2010. Shows a page of photographic portraits of the miners, of the Pike Stream and of the area near the mine. The order of service included songs by the Greymouth District Combined Primary School Choir, and Nga Kura o Te Tai Poutini, with speakers Reverend Canon Mere Wallace, Reverend Tim Mora, Mine chief executive Peter Whittall, Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn, Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand, Prime Minister John Key, singing led by Carolyn Williams, prayers led by Father John Morrison. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 300 x 212 mm. Provenance: Donated by Margaret Hurst, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: New Zealand Press Association

Reference: DCDL-0017925

Description: A couple sits at the breakfast table reading the paper which has a headline '"Recovery" team to enter Pike River mine'. The man says 'Poor devils! What will they expect to find?' and the woman suggests 'Answers?' Context - The frustrated families of the Pike River dead are looking to take over responsibility for recovering the bodies themselves after realising that the mine receivers never had any intention of doing it. It is now six months from the time the disaster happened. The word 'answers' that the woman suggests has become a kind of catch-word for everyone who feels they are fighting a helpless battle against some sort of higher authority from God downwards. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0026171

Description: The hand of the government finally begins to unlock the investigation into the Pike River mine disaster. In July 2013 Pike River Coal was ordered to pay $110,000 to each of the victims' families and fined $760,000 - but in the end didn't pay the fine and only paid $5000 to each family. In Spetember 2013 the New Zealand government announced plans to re-enter the sealed-off Pike River Mine where 29 men died in a series of explosions nearly three years after the event. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper); Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-

Reference: DCDL-0018942

Description: The title reads 'The price of coal-' The cartoon shows a miner's helmet hanging on the handle of a pick which tops a pile of tailings against a background of mountains, clouds and rain. Context: Refers to the Pike River mining tragedy of 25th November 2010 when 29 miners lost their lives in an explosion. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018632

Description: A man has skewered a canary that represents the 'govt' on a forked stick that represents the 'Pike River Mine disaster' and is forcing it into the entrance of a mine in the interests of 'mine safety'. Context: As a result of the Pike River Mining disaster the number of mining safety inspectors will increase fourfold in what opposition parties are calling a Government admission that previous safety standards were not up to scratch. Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson announced a High Hazards Unit including eight safety inspectors, a chief inspector and three inspectors for each of the mining and petroleum sectors. The Government at present has two safety inspectors: one for the mining sector (although another position is currently vacant) and one for petroleum. The changes would cost an extra $1.5 million. (NZ Herald - 23 August 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0018615

Description: A woman, Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson, holds a newspaper with a headline that reads 'Govt to appoint more mine inspectors'. She stands on the edge of a grave which has a miner's helmet' on it and a headstone engraved with the words 'Pike River Victims' and she says 'Good news guys.' Context: The news that the government is to appoint more mine inspectors won't give much comfort to the miners who died or their families who lost them. The number of mining safety inspectors will increase fourfold in what opposition parties are calling a Government admission that previous safety standards were not up to scratch. Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson announced a High Hazards Unit including eight safety inspectors, a chief inspector and three inspectors for each of the mining and petroleum sectors. The Government at present has two safety inspectors: one for the mining sector (although another position is currently vacant) and one for petroleum. The changes would cost an extra $1.5 million. (NZ Herald - 23 August 2011) Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020263

Description: Two men discuss 'responsibility' as they leave the inquiry for the Pike River mining disaster. Context: The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River Mining disaster that happened on the 19th November 2010, killing 29 men. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023293

Description: Shows a large arm labelled 'Royal Commission Report' pointing a finger at a mine entrance with a cross on top, labelled 'The executive administration of Pike River.' Refers to The Royal Commission report stated that bad management and lacking safety practices at the Pike River Coal company were to blame for the explosion on 19 November 2010, which killed 29 miners. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0023371

Description: Shows a group of miners forcing their way deeper into a mine, so intent on gaining wealth that they ignore environmental and safety regulations. The miners are from left, National Party mps, Steven Joyce, Minister for Economic Development, Gerry Brownlee, Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, Phil Heatley, Minister of Energy and Resources, Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation, and Prime Minister John Key. Context: Refers specifically to the Pike River mining disaster of November 2010. Auditing strongly suggests that the deregulated environment deriving from the 1980s must be in large part to blame for the tragedy in which 29 miners died. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0019515

Description: A New Zealand flag flies at half mast and a sign reads 'Pike River'. Context: The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010. The 19th November 2011 is the first anniversary of the disaster that killed twenty nine miners. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018411

Description: A long red ribbon with the word 'Regulations' printed on it is stretched across the entrance to a mine and a pair of scissors is about to cut it in two. Context: The cartoon was drawn to accompany an article named 'Pike River puts National in a hole' written by Andrea Vance in the Dominion Post of July 23. It concerns debate about the balance between safety and cost. Twenty nine men were killed by explosions in the Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010. Title from accompanying article Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Pike River Coal Company

Reference: DCDL-0018459

Description: The cartoon shows the entrances to two mines; one is labelled 'Pike River Mine' and the other 'Mine safety regulations'. Context: The Royal Commission enquiry into the disaster at Pike River in November last year which left 29 miners and contractors dead. Former chief inspector of coal mines, Robin Hughes, who has over 40 years of coal mining experience, criticised mine safety changes made by the National Government in the 1990s. "The explosion at Pike River mine..had its origins in the repealing of the Coal Mining Act and regulations in 1993," Mr Hughes said. "This resulted in the loss of a robust coal mines inspectorate, staffed by the most experienced and skilled personnel available. (NZHerald, July 13 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

By: Gaylene Preston Productions

Reference: EPHDL-0165

Description: Digital flier shows a scene from the film with actors Martin Henderson and Chelsie Preston-Crayford seated in a train. Preston-Crayford is asleep. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018375

Description: There is a large sized stencilled text that reads 'PIKE RIVER MINEFIELD'. All around this is pieces of smaller text that read 'Inadequate ventilation, lackof safety measures, failed health and safety regulations, poorly managed lethal gases, minimal data' and 'financial problems'. Context: The Royal Commission enquiry into the disaster at Pike River in November last year which left 29 miners and contractors dead. Former chief inspector of coal mines, Robin Hughes, who has over 40 years of coal mining experience, criticised mine safety changes made by the National Government in the 1990s. "The explosion at Pike River mine had its origins in the repealing of the Coal Mining Act and regulations in 1993," Mr Hughes said. "This resulted in the loss of a robust coal mines inspectorate, staffed by the most experienced and skilled personnel available. (NZHerald, July 13 2011) Two versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0026598

Description: Cartoon shows a rat in a suit labelled 'Share holders' just about to retreat under a manhole cover. He is holding a newspaper which has the headline 'NZ oil and gas won't pay $3.41 million compensation to Pike River families'. The rat says 'And now we'd just like to put a lid on the whole issue...' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0016869

Description: Shows a commemorative looped ribbon beside the words 'Mine 29 shrine'. A second version includes the words 'More rhyme than reason' and a third version has a question mark after the word 'shrine'. Context - The Pike River Mine disaster of 19th November in which 29 miners died. Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016231

Description: A huge question mark hangs over the site in West Coast bush of the Pike River Mine. Context; There was and explosion in the Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010 resulting in 29 miners being trapped. This cartoon questions whether they are still alive, whether it will be possible to retrieve their bodies if they are not and whether the mine will ever work again. Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

By: National Library of New Zealand

Reference: MSX-8704

Description: Condolence book to the families and communities of the West Coast, from the library community of New Zealand. Book is signed by staff from around the libraries of New Zealand, the National Library of New Zealand and members of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA). The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, 46 kilometres (29 mi) northeast of Greymouth, in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. 29 men lost their lives. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms

Date: 2010

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0016410

Description: Caricature of Peter Whittall Chief Executive of the Pike River Mine at the time of the November 2010 mine explosions in which 29 miners died. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0016227

Description: The cartoon shows a knotted yellow ribbon above the text 'Symbol of hope now shared sorrow'. Context; after the second huge explosion from the Pike River Mine people realized that the 29 trapped miners could not have survived. The first Pike River Mine explosion was on 19 November 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).