Pike River recovery coming to an end

AT THE end of October one of the world’s most challenging mining efforts will come to an end with the Pike River Recovery Agency concluding its works and handing the site over to the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

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A walkway over two weirs in the Pike River mine drift.

The PRRA, formed seven years and a day after an explosion rocked the Pike River underground coal mine on November 19 2010, has been responsible for the safe re-entry to the mine.