He went into the West Coast's Pike River mine as a contractor, to lay water pipes, and was one of 29 men who didn't make it out. DAVID WILLIAMS/NEWSROOM.CO.NZ Anna Osborne lost her husband Milton in the Pike River mine disaster. READ MORE:* Delay no barrier to Pike River mum's desire to keep promise to killed son* Oxygen in Pike River tunnel didn't get in through mine entrance* Pike River re-entry manager to be first inside since deadly explosion nearly nine years ago* The return to Pike River: How the deadly explosion broke the Rockhouse family* Pike River mine reopening 'symbolic', with months of work ahead* Pike River widow 'full of nerves' for mine drift re-entryMARTIN HUNTER Pike River Coal Mine, picture taken from the gates. DAVID WILLIAMS/NEWSROOM.CO.NZ Bernie Monk says a lot of investigation work has to be done after the Pike River mine seal is breached. Sitting in an office at the Pike River Recovery Agency building in central Greymouth yesterday, Osborne's mind turns to the families' many battles.

Source: Stuff May 20, 2019 22:18 UTC