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Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Pike unlock. 4 September 2013
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).