NZ Mine Disaster

TWO years on from New Zealand's Pike River Mine disaster, Maryborough's Kim Joynson is still coping with the loss of her husband.

FAMILIES of Pike River victims frustrated at the lack of progress in returning the fallen miners' bodies are designing "aggressive" action plans.

AS the reality of New Zealand’s Pike River Mine disaster set in, shock turned to outrage for relatives of fallen Fraser Coast father Willy Joynson.

AS tragedy unfolded in a New Zealand mine this week, a Fingal head woman watched on and felt the pain of the families affected like few others could.

LEVELS of dangerous gases at the Pike River mine are still high and rescuers are unable to enter to recover the bodies of 29 trapped men

FAMILIES of the 29 trapped miners in New Zealand fell to the floor screaming after a second blast removed all hope of finding their loved ones alive.

NEW Zealand rescuers have released CCTV footage of an underground blast which trapped 29 miners last week, showing a powerful and sustained explosion.

POLICE in New Zealand have said for the first time that lives could have been lost in the Pike River coal mine, where 29 miners are trapped...