Te Kāhui Whakamana Rua Tekau mā Iwa — Pike River Recovery Agency is focused on safely re-entering and recovering the Pike River Mine drift, to give the Pike River families closure, to promote accountability for this tragedy and to help prevent future mining tragedies. First images from Pike River Mine re-entry released. Almost nine years after the Pike River Mine explosion which killed 29 men, it has been re-entered by the Pike River Recovery Agency team to look for evidence about On Tuesday 21 May 2019 a re-entry team comprising Chief Operating Officer Dinghy Pattinson, Mine Deputy Kirk Neilson, and geotechnical engineer Chris Lee opened the airlock doors at the 30m wall and stepped through back into the mine drift. Pike River father Rowdy Durbridge, whose son Dan Herk was killed in the mine, described the re-entry as "almost like a mark of defiance" after Solid Energy sealed up the mine years ago. Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry Andrew Little said the recovery efforts and forensic examination are "part of an overdue act of justice" for the 29 men who died in the mine, and their families. “Solid Energy’s board decision about whether to continue with the project to re-enter the drift at the Pike River mine will not occur at the October board meeting as first indicated,” the company said. The symbolic re-entry happened in May 2019, but it was not until December that WorkSafe NZ accepted a Pike River Recovery Agency regulatory exemption request which cleared the way for the agency to begin work to recover the mine drift. The Minister in charge of the re-entry effort, Andrew Little made the announcement this morning, together with some of the Pike River families, E tū officials, police, and members of the Pike River …

When did you first re-enter the Pike River Mine drift? In the presence of families, experts from Te Kāhui Whakamana Rua Tekau mā Iwa-Pike River Recovery Agency completed breaching the 30m seal and successfully re-entered the Pike River mine drift. Re-entry a long-awaited goal for the families following the 2010 explosion.

Last Friday Solid Energy pushed back the decision on re-entering the Pike River mine to this morning after receiving advice from experts. Pike River mine victims' families cheered and shed tears as they watched for the first time the mine being opened for re-entry. Find out about our phased work programme and how it's going. Meanwhile, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry Andrew Little has announced the date for the planned re-entry of the Pike River mine will be May 3.

Pike River Recovery Agency plans second expert workshop Re-entry tender process moves to next stage 180518 Agency wrap Finance Operations Officer sought Agency staff out and about Technical Experts Alliance draft Pike River Mine re-entry plan Agency seeks contractors for mine … Pike River coal mine re-entry plan on the agenda Post navigation ← Wollongong Coal up for $1.3 million in unpaid bonuses New rehab reporting in the Hunter … Pike River Re-entry More than eight years after 29 men went to work at the Pike River Coal Mine and never came home, the promise to re-enter the mine drift has been honoured. E tū has welcomed the decision to proceed with the re-entry of the Pike River mine drift in a bid to uncover the cause of death of the 29 men who died there in November 2010. The Pike River Recovery Agency, based in …

Documents. Our progress. Mr Little said the PRRA had The next phase of the Pike River mine re-entry project is under way after WorkSafe approved plans to move past the 170-metre seal. Anna Osborne, whose husband died in the disaster, would not confirm any re-entry of Pike River Mine tomorrow.