Rebecca Macfie is a leading investigative journalist, and the author of Tragedy at Pike River Mine (Awa Press, 2013; updated edition 2021), and Helen Kelly: Her Life (Awa Press, 2021), longlisted for the best book of non-fiction at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand national book awards. NewsroomWhy police will drill again at Pike River mineThe new borehole programme and special cameras could answer two major questions for families of the 29 victims, writes Rebecca MacfiePolice investigating the Pike River mine disaster will sink 10 new boreholes into the mine from the top of the Paparoa mountains. This was the point at which the Pike River Recovery Agency’s drift recovery and examination ended. The layout of the Pike River Mine. No-one has been held to account for the avoidable Pike River mine disaster 12 years ago.

Source: Stuff September 30, 2022 01:05 UTC