“That a government would let it happen again, despite the price our men and their families have paid and the fact that all of New Zealand has seen that cost, isn’t shameful. It’s sociopathic.”

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2603/S00152/government-bill-undoes-pike-river-legacy-pike-families.htm

#nzpol #PikeRiver #HealthAndSafety #onetermgovt #DitchThepricksIn26 #Enrol #Vote

"...the government said it was intended to reduce death and injury rates while also cutting compliance costs..."

Do not forget this on November 7 DO NOT FORGET

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/590609/pike-river-mine-victims-families-fear-proposed-health-and-safety-law-changes-risk-another-tragedy
#Nzpol #WorkAndSafety #PikeRiver #Enrol #Vote #EnrolAndVote

Pike River Mine victims' families fear proposed health and safety law changes risk another tragedy

Sonya Rockhouse and Anna Osborne want health and safety laws strengthened and believe the government's proposed changes risk another tragedy.

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Meeting with govt 'complete waste of time', Pike River families say

Family members Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse sat down with Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden at Parliament on the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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This was written in 2017. 8 years on and nothing has changed.

"It’s infuriating because it’s so simple. When a mine explodes, you go in to find out why. When a crime happens, you investigate the crime scene. When 29 men die in a New Zealand workplace, someone has to be held accountable. It’s the only right and proper thing to do. But it hasn’t been done."

#NZPol #PikeRiver #WorkSafe #Aotearoa

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-05-2017/enough-bullshit-after-all-these-years-the-pike-river-families-deserve-answers

Enough bullshit. After all these years the Pike River families deserve answers

The leaking of previously unseen footage from within the mine drift shortly after the explosion only adds to the overwhelming case for re-entering the mine and bringing justice to the bereaved, writes Stephanie Rodgers, a volunteer on the families' Stand With Pike campaign.

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Pike River 'a murder scene' - Winston Peters

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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On this day in 2010, an explosion killed 29 men in the Pike River Coal Mine, near Greymouth, New Zealand. All of the bodies have never been recovered. The disaster has led to a Royal Commission Inquiry and changes to work health and safety legislation. #FactsMatter #PikeRiver

How Pike River forged an unbreakable bond between Robyn Malcolm and Melanie Lynskey

Alex Casey speaks to Robyn Malcolm and Melanie Lynskey about how Pike River forged their close friendship, and…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/208282/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens/movies/pike-river-is-a-perfect-film Pike River vividly illuminates an entire sorry tale of destructive neoliberalism laid bare. #nzpol #pikeriver #nzhistory
Pike River is a perfect film | Review by Dame Gaylene Preston in Screens

"Impeccable filmmaking. Terrific film. Take tissues," says New Zealand filmmaker and documentary expert, Dame Gaylene Preston.

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