";s:4:"text";s:3680:" Safety helmets and crosses line the access road to the mine at a commemoration last year. 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. 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 Pike River Recovery Agency, based in … 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. Minister for Pike River Re-entry Andrew Little made the announcement in an emotional press conference at Parliament on Wednesday. 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. “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. Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry Andrew Little has announced that in light of the current state of preparations, the scheduled date to commence re-entering and recovering the access tunnel to the Pike River Mine (the drift) will be Friday 3rd May. The Pike River Recovery Agency, based in Greymouth, has 39 staff listed on its website. 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.
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. As the re-entry programme falls behind schedule, some families are saying "enough is enough". Pike river re-entry approved: “we are returning” Nearly eight years after an explosion killed 29 men at Pike River mine, the Government has announced it will re-enter the mine.