Mourning for the Pike River miners

The New Zealand flag flies at half-mast

over The Beehive in Wellington.

Picture from here.

The Network remembers the 29 lives extinguished at Pike River.

Hearts full of sympathy and love go out to the relatives.

Gratitude and sympathy goes to those involved in the

planning for rescue and those who will be involved in finding and telling

the true story of what happened below ground at Pike River.

May it never ever happen again.

Gary McCormick's poem - audio

Further reading:

Smouldering coal most likely trigger to set off methane, say geologists

Gary McCormick writes poem for miners

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