Contractors want Pike River to liquidate

Unsecured former contractors at the Pike River Coal mine in New Zealand want to liquidate the company, saying it will give them the best chances of getting repaid quickly and provide a better chance the bodies of the miners killed in the tragedy will be recovered.
Read More

False hope for Pike River families

The sister of one of the Pike River mine victims has questioned why the families were given hope of a rescue following the first explosion, after an inquest yesterday found they would have died within minutes.
Read More