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Winter, Mark 1958- :Pike River minefield. 23 July 2011
- Date
- 2011
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- Southland times (Newspaper)
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- DCDL-0018375
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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)
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